A professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club, Real Sociedad and the Nigeria national team, Umar Sadiq Mesbah, has issued a stern warning to Nigerians who attempt to insult him due to the team’s failure to win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nation.
Sadiq who stated this on the backdrop of the cyber-attacks on Alex Iwobi, a Fulham and Nigerian Super Eagle midfielder, said that he received a barrage of criticism via direct messages (DMs).
According to, I am not Alex Iwobi, l will insult anyone’s father and mother who comes for me.
Recall that Nigeria Super Eagles lost 2-1 to Ivory Coast at the final of the tournament on Sunday. As a result of that many fans took to their social media pages, directed their frustrations towards the majority of the players, with Iwobi bearing the brunt of the criticism.
Iwobi however confirmed leaving social media after the AFCON final match following the bullying.
In reacting to all the insult and blaming toward the player, Sadiq on his Instastories, warned “I no even play you con dey insult me. Abeg oo me i no be Iwobi, I go insult person papa with him mama join. Yes I be dat typical Hausa boy abi u see fear for my eyes.”
He also added that “Pushing someone into depression and mental breakdown. Yet you want life to be better for you. e no fit ever better for una!”
Also recall that, Sadiq initially played at the start of the AFCON tournament but was sidelined due to a Meniscus injury sustained during a friendly match with Guinea.
Consequently, he left the AFCON and returned to his home club, where a subsequent diagnosis revealed that it was merely a minor swelling.
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