Super Eagles striker says playing in Ukraine was not safe

Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye has recalled his time in Ukraine revealing that he was not safe and needed a personal body guard.

The Nigerian international who was recently dropped from the Super Eagles team for their March friendlies spent three years playing for Dynamo Kiev.

Brown Ideye who now plays in England for West Bromwich Albion revealed that he was given personal body guards during his time in Ukraine.

“I had a meeting with the Dynamo Kiev president and he assured me that every player would have security - especially us foreign boys,” Ideye told the UK Mirror.

Brown said that while local players were safe, foreigners were targeted which made him send his wife and children away from the country.

“The local players knew where they could and couldn’t walk, but the foreigners needed security people to make sure they were okay.

“But it was no good me being at the training ground, worrying about my family. So I talked to my wife and she went home with the kids.

“I always had at least one bodyguard with me in the Ukraine. It was frightening - like when they broke into my car - but the president knew how to handle issues like that so we were fortunate and none of us got injured.

“You would go out and people would be looking at you because you had a bodyguard. I didn’t feel comfortable with someone walking behind me all the time. It made me feel uneasy,” he said.