Super Eagles chief coach Sunday Oliseh would not sit on the team's bench in Saturday's game against Burkina Faso, in one of the CHAN matches across Africa because of his state of health.

Oliseh who said he needed to see his doctor in Belgium got an approval from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to be exempted in the forth coming match.

He was said to have sent an e-mail to the federation's Secretary General, Mohammed Sanusi to that effect but the secretary has refused to reveal the content of the report saying that it was confidential.

He stated that his assistant would take over haven been hinted the strategies to adopt to dislodge the Burkinabes at the Adokie Amiesiamaka International Stadium in Port Harcourt on Saturday.