{"id":104600,"date":"2023-09-29T22:10:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/29\/nigeria-appeals-to-italy-to-probe-osimhen-mockery\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T22:10:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:10:39","slug":"nigeria-appeals-to-italy-to-probe-osimhen-mockery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/29\/nigeria-appeals-to-italy-to-probe-osimhen-mockery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria appeals to Italy to probe Osimhen mockery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1696025439_669_131272668_0b029c0773351ae7f69bf903c7b08260ec035de3-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"_131272668_0b029c0773351ae7f69bf903c7b08260ec035de3\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Wednesday, Osimhen declined to celebrate his goal for Napoli, in the club&#8217;s first game since the incident<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Sports Minister John Owan Enoh has said his country is pursuing diplomatic avenues with Italy over the mocking of Nigerian footballer Victor Osimhen by Italian football club Napoli.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Enoh on Thursday\u00a0said that he was \u201csaddened\u201d\u00a0by the news of Napoli ridiculing the 24-year-old striker, who also plays for Nigeria\u2019s national football team.<\/p>\n<p>The club shared a video on their TikTok account of Osimhen missing a penalty, dubbed with a high-pitched voice saying \u201cgimme penalty please\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The club deleted the post after a backlash, but the player\u2019s agent has\u00a0threatened legal action\u00a0against the club.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Enoh also said that the Nigerian government placed a priority on protecting the welfare of its athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to ensuring our sportsmen and women are accorded the respect they deserve and are not exposed to any injustice,\u201d Mr Enoh said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday,\u00a0Napoli released a statement\u00a0saying that the video was created with \u201cexpressive language used in a light-hearted and playful manner\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It also said that it \u201cnever intended to offend or make fun of Victor Osimhen, who is an asset to the club\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4FOsVtQ363k\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Co-operatives: Labour Min. urges societies to up their game in shared sustainable dev\u2019t (29-9-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4FOsVtQ363k?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Osimhen declined to celebrate his goal for Napoli, in the club&#8217;s first game since the incident Nigeria\u2019s Sports Minister John Owan Enoh has said his country is pursuing diplomatic avenues with Italy over the mocking of Nigerian footballer Victor Osimhen by Italian football club Napoli. 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