CHELSEA FC CONFUSED ABOUT WHEN TO RELEASE VICTOR MOSES AND MIKEL OBI TO NIGERIA FOR THE NATIONS CUP OR PLAYING SMART?

The NFF says:
"The players are expected latest by January 4 according to the plan and schedule of the coach, so if anything will change, we have to be notified by the club."
"We have not been contacted by Chelsea over their wish to delay the release of our players for the Nations Cup"

Chelsea Fc says:
"The tournament starts on the 19th (January), so they will go one or two weeks before. Maybe we can manage to keep them a little bit longer. We will talk with them. They know sometimes the players do not need to go early. But at least one week before the 19th, they have to be there."

What FIFA Rules say:
Teams are required to release their African players for the tournament, 14days before the start of the tournament.

So, from the above it's either Chelsea FC's trying to play smart or outrightly dumb.