Reports reaching us reveals that the President of Nigeria Football
Federation,
NFF, Aminu Maigari was arrested in Abuja early hours of Friday, 4 July,
2014 by the Nigeria State Security Services (SSS).
According to
sources reports, Maigari was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in
Abuja by security operatives after he returned to the country with the
Super Eagles.
Analysts are already saying the arrest of the
football boss may be connected to the sacking of the entire board of the
NFF by a court in Jos, Plateau State on Monday, 30 June, 2014.
According to the court order, Maigari and his board members were restrained from acting as administrators of the NFF.
The
suit was filed by former Nigeria Premier League chairman Rumson
Baribote, who requested the court to restrain Maigari and all the
committee and congress of the NFF from managing the affairs of football
matters in Nigeria.
Hon. Justice P. L Lot of the Plateau State
High Court sitting in Jos granted the Order of Interlocutory Injunction
restraining the president of the NFF, the executive committee members as
well as the NFF Congress from running affairs of Nigerian football
pending the determination of the Motion on Notice before the court.
It
was reported that Maigari have queries to answer with the security
agencies one of which was the issue of his alleged fake grade III
Teachers certificate with which he contested the office of NFF
president.
As at the time of compiling this report, the NFF has
not released any statement on the arrest of Maigari neither deny the
news of the fake certificate scandal charged against him.
Critics are now wondering if this development has anything to do with the ouster of the Super Eagles in Brazil.
Meanwhile, Channels TV reports that coach Stephen Keshi led the Eagles into the country in the early hours of today.
The
Nigerian national football team were ousted from the Mundial after they
weredefeated 0-2 by France in the round of 16of the football showpiece.
In
an interview with sports writers at the airport, coach Keshi said the
team would have loved to progress beyond the round of 16 but expressed
gratitude to God for the outing in Brazil.
When asked on media
reports of his resignation immediately after the match against France,
Keshi was reported to have said that he had not resigned.
It could
be recalled that it was reported on Thursday, 3 July, 2014, that Keshi
had been offered a new contract by the Nigerian football governing body.
The report also added that Keshi had not said whether he would accept the offer or not.
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