Mohapi was questioned by Newzroom Afrika about whether he had been in contact with the Nigerian Football Federation.
He said, “I must be honest with you. If I were to talk to the Nigerian Football Federation, I would talk to Dr. Sanusi, who is the secretary general.
“I haven’t spoken to him ever since we were in Egypt. We were in Egypt around March 9th, so the match was not even played, we didn’t even know.
“In fact, if he had told me then, ‘Are you aware of this and this?’, we would have been on time because we would have known before the match was played.
“I was alerted by a friend of mine who is not even Nigerian, for that matter, that you are following what is happening. There’s this furor that there’s an illegible player who has played.
“Then I called my team manager if we played a defaulter, he said we are okay, I checked my records, and then I said that could be South Africa.”
Despite the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) protest not being submitted on time, Secretary General Mokhosi Mohapi remains confident in its success. He revealed that the association has been in constant communication with FIFA.
If Lesotho’s appeal for Mokoena is successful, they will move to nine points. This could reduce South Africa’s lead to just 10 points, leaving them only three points ahead of Nigeria with four fixtures remaining.