Sam Sojie warns of pedophile epidemic among Nigeria’s coaches
…Ibrahim Lateef warns parents
Former Super Eagles and English Premier League footballer Sam Sojie last weekend strongly condemned the prevalence of pedophilia among youth coaches in Delta State and other parts of Nigeria, reports BSNSports. com.ng reported.
The former soccer player, who currently splits his time between London, England, and Delta State, contributing to youth participation and empowerment through sport, has accused the coach of his young children of sexually abusing them. I am saddened that we are destroying tomorrow’s future, and that society is not doing enough to arrest criminal activity. Soje said: “Sport is a powerful tool that lifts millions of people out of poverty in Nigeria and other parts of the world.Nigeria’s current economic hardships have led many parents to engage their children as a means of escaping poverty. “In its rush to secure participation in sports, the district is sending athletes to so-called youth coaches without proper vetting or proper background checks. “The vast majority of them have character problems and their motive is to sexually abuse children, not to teach them,” Soje said in his initiative Life After Sports. In the course of promoting this, he has traveled to every nook and cranny of Delta State and other parts of Nigeria and revealed that he has heard too many stories of coaches who sexually abused children in the course of their sport. . We offer coaching services for a variety of sports throughout the United States, and Delta State University is no exception. The former football star isn’t just condemning the act. He is also calling for urgent action. He will name, shame, prosecute and punish coaches who engage in such immoral acts in the same way that pedophiles are treated in Europe, America and other parts of the world. I’m asking you to. Soje also encourages parents to do some serious background checks on the coaches they want to hire for their children. “Therefore, I am using this medium to provide strong advice to parents to ensure they carry out due diligence from the heads of various sports associations across the world, including Delta State.” will ensure that children do not fall prey to the activities of these unscrupulous coaches who have a high propensity for immortality and commit sexual abuse against minor children. “As parents, we have a responsibility and a duty to protect our children from the evil people that thrive in society.” He also told administrators: “To all administrators of the various sports associations: I would like to seriously call on the government to make it their duty to properly clean up the character of each individual coach who belongs to the organization and to make sure to weed out bad actors.” Their centers are specifically prohibited from working with children to protect our innocent boys and girls, for the benefit of families, the sports sector, and society as a whole. ” Rather than romanticize the issue, Soje said a spade is a spade and the shenanigans need to be stopped before they get out of control. Football stars who played for top teams and iconic teams in England such as Brentford, Reading, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford, Charlton Athletic, Notts County, Portsmouth and Greek club Skoda Xanthi. said he is ready to lead the fight against this ugly team. Today and tomorrow will not be destroyed by pedophiles, but children who practice and demonstrate their God-given talents in sports and society. It’s about being able to put it into practice as a whole.
