NFF Elections Hold In Warri, Sept 30

Ameobi during his days at Newcastle United

The Nigerian Football
Federation, NFF, congress at the weekend in Warri has announced that the NFF executive committee elections will be conducted on September 30 in the same city.
The congress, which was presided by outgoing NFF president Aminu Maigari, was well attended and had Bolaji Ojo-Oba and Alhassan Yakmut representing the sports minister and director-general of the National Sports Commission, respectively.
An electoral committee and an electoral appeals committee were also inaugurated as directed by world football governing body FIFA.
Meanwhile, NFF general secretary Musa Amadu told reporters that Saturday’s extraordinary congress went ahead despite rumours that a court injunction has been given that it should not take place because the federation were not served such a writ.
An injunction was purportedly given to a group led by self-acclaimed NFF president Chris Giwa.
The group has twice been turned back by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in recent weeks.