Samson Siasia's assistant Monday Odigie's house burgled

Monday Odigie, assistant coach to Nigeria’s Under-23 team coach Samson Siasia had his house burgled by robbers who stole Olympic and World Cup medals.

Monday Odigie

Odige revealed that the attack happened  before the team’s opening game 5 – 4 win over Japan. The house is located along the Benin/Sapele road

“Armed Robbers went to burgle my house in Owanoba community kilometer 15 Benin/Sapele road and made away with plenty of my belongings, all my World Cups and Olympic medals, certificates and other valuables,” Odigie, the former coach of Kaduna United told Goal.com

He continued: “My house was bugled the day we played our first game against Japan on August 4th, 2016 to be precise.

“I have been trying to get over this while also trying to concentrate on the job here at the Olympics.

“It is very sad and discouraging to realise that while one is working out his heart out for his country in Brazil, one’s house is being robbed back home.

“I leave everything to God to judge everyone according to his deeds. This won’t deter me because I am focused and I am happy that members of the team are also focused to achieve something here.

“I didn’t want any distraction for the team that’s the reason why I kept the incident within me and members of the technical crew led before letting you know now.”

Nigeria is Africa’s sole surviving representative in Olympic Football but lost 2-0 to Colombia in their final group game having already qualified as Group B winners following their opening victories against Japan and Sweden.

The Dream Team face Denmark in the quarter-final of the Olympic Games on Saturday, kick off time is 8pm (Nigerian time).