NFF Elections: What Muktar, Akinwunmi said after meeting with the Minister

September 27 21:58 2022 by The Ajasa News Print This Article

…. More aspirants pull out of the election

By Martin Odiete

Following the the court order stopping the Nigeria Football Federation,  NFF from holding its planned September 30th election in Benin,  Edo State, the Nigeria Minister of Sports,  Hon. Sunday Dare has met with the eleven presidential aspirants.

According to information available to www.theajasanews.com, the meeting was to deliberate on sensitive issues that bothered on the said election particularly the issue of the court order stopping it from holding.

Speaking after the meeting,  the FCT FA Chairman,  Abba Mouktar said this…

“It is a meeting of stakeholders with the Minister of Sports. The Minister is the leader of Sports in Nigeria and we oblige the meeting to have a dialogu regarding issues on ground.

“There are some decisions that we expect the Electoral Committee to look at that has to do with advise from security agencies. Of course, there is a court order, we all know. We are all law abiding citizens and so we will see to it. In the coming days, the court order can be vacated but as law abiding citizens we will follow what court said. It is an ongoing discussion. There is no conclusion yet. In the next few days we will hear more. We hope that at the end of the day, there would be a credible process acceptable to everyone for football to begin to flourish again

As for the current 1st vice president of the football house,  Seyi Akinwunmi,  he noted that they would continue to carry on with their campaign hoping and believing that the election can still hold.  “We just had discussion as to where we are heading to in Nigeria football. It was a succesful deliberation and there is nothing that makes anyone to frown. Nothing controversial beyond the fact that we are all going back to continue our campaign ahead of the election.”

“However, if the court order is vacated before Friday, the NFF Elective Congress will go on as scheduled,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, some aspirants for the NFF elections have been pulling out of the election amidst the court order. The latest among them is the Imo State FA Chairman,  Amanze Uchegbulam. He stated in a released that, been a law abiding Nigerian,  he does not want to be seen to be breaking the law. He promised to participate in the election on the grounds that the order is vacated.