FIBA Seeks Fresh Elections For NBBF Board

The International Federation of Basketball Associations (FIBA) has called for fresh elections into the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) as the only way to resolve the ongoing crisis in body.
FIBA made the call in a letter on the way forward by its Secretary-General, Patrick Bauma, to the NBBF Secretary, Chimezie Asiegbu, the leaders of the two factions in NBBF, Musa Kida and Tijjani Umar, a former NBBF President.
It also sent the same letter to the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), maintaining that its initial stance of July 2017, requesting for fresh elections to resolve the crisis rocking the federation stood.
“FIBA said this decision became necessary as the June 12 and June 13 elections held in Kano and Abuja respectively failed to meet its statutes,’’ a statement by Afolabi Oni, the Media Coordinator to the Musa Kida-led NBBF board said.