“Mikel Obi the Bench Warmer Snubbed Me In London” Sunday Oliseh says

 It was the reason the player was ignored from
the squad that would face Tanzania next month.
Oliseh told media on Thursday in Abuja that he
had attempted to reach out to the midfielder
ahead of the Community Shield game against
Arsenal but he was rebuffed by the 28-year-old’s
decision not to respond to his phone calls.
“I met with the players when I went to
England on Thursday, the day Chelsea
was coming back from a tour before
they played Arsenal in the Community
Shield,” said Oliseh.

“I put a call through to John Obi
Mikel. I called him four times, the
phone kept ringing. I sent him a text
message, I got no response. I called
[Victor] Moses, the phone rang three
times.
“And I spoke with [Moses], I told him
to concentrate on his game and after
the game he came to my hotel room we
spoke and I made him understand that
my priority is building a new team and
everybody is starting from zero and I
needed to see players playing.
“From there I [made] a trip to
Liverpool there is no secret anymore,
you all know about it [meeting with
Jordan Ibe] everybody knows. I spoke
with other players and their parents
and I never got a call back from Obi
Mikel until I traveled back home. But
just yesterday I saw a missed call on
my phone so at the moment I don’t
know what the situation is now.
“For me everybody is the same and
every player we call answers. To us it’s
not up to me but I want to clear one
thing if anybody wants to play for the
Super Eagles we will all be treated the
same way.
“I even told the players playing at
home that home based player for me
doesn’t exist, if you are a better player
in Nigeria we will play you. The thing
is that I have not spoken to him and I
made efforts but no response, so I
don’t know what to do. You people
should tell me what to do, I don’t
know,”
Oliseh asked.