It is not only Victor Boniface that flops for the national team; almost all the big players in the national team who are playing very well abroad always play below people's expectations. Nigeria has a good number of players that should have helped our national team dominate African football for years and win the African Cup of Nations. I can't even remember the last time Nigeria's national team lifted the African Cup of Nations.
If I were any of these Nigerian international players, I will do the same thing without remorse. These guys have been in the system and they know whatsup. They have played in Nigeria and played outside of Nigeria. They have interacted with players from all over the world and they know how those other players are treated by their country. Our case is different. It's better I am uninjured and play for my club than to sustain injury while playing for the National team where I know that I will likely not get the best treatment.
For most of the guys playing in Europe, their clubs can comfortable take care of any injury they might sustain, this is largely in their contracts they signed even the ones sustained on international duties, I know a couple of European based players that have gotten injuries while on international duties and their clubs took responsibility. However my pain is when a local based player is injured, they are left to their fate, the NFF don't even do a follow up on most guys that had injuries with the U-17, U-20, and the local based super squad, and these are uprising careers you don't have to joke with, unfortunately these young men will now use their personal money to start sorting out themselves.