Pinnick’s Dismissal: Appeals Committee Members Disagree With Chairman

The Electoral Appeals Committee of
the Nigeria Football Association
(NFA) on Wednesday upheld the
Sept. 30 football board elections
held in Warri, Delta.
This is contained in a statement
issued on Wednesday in Abuja by
Ademola Olajire, the Assistant
Director of Communications, NFA.
The statement said that four
members of the committee and the
committee's secretary, Mohammed
Sanusi, endorsed the decision
contrary to the expectation of the
committee's chairman, Okey
Ajunwa.
It said that Dotun Coker, Sani
Mohammed, Victor Nwangwu and
Bala Garba were the members who
endorsed to uphold the outcome of
the election.
"All the members except the
chairman upheld the election in
Warri.
"The undersigned members of the
NFA 2014 Electoral Appeals
Committee have therefore conveyed
their findings and decisions to the
NFA secretariat for onward
transmission to the relevant
authorities.
"This statement is submitted having
in mind that the chairman may
come up with a dissenting minority
opinion,'' the statement read.
The statement had earlier quoted
the chairman of the committee in
his opening remark as saying that
there was no pressure from any
quarter to influence the committee's
decision.
Muazu Suleyman, Sani Fema, Shehu
Dikko and Leonard Igbokwe had
appealed the elections that brought
in the Amaju Pinnick-led board of
the NFA after they lost out in the
contests.
Okey Ajunwa, chairman of the
committee, had yet to react as at
the time of this report. (NAN)

Posted By David Aniemeka