SPORTS

 

 

THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION, AMINU MAIGARI HAS BEEN IMPEACHED.

 

MAIGARI WAS IMPEACHED BY EIGHT VOTES TO FIVE OF THE 13-MAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AS MEMBERS RECONVENED TO REVIEW NIGERIA’S PARTICIPATION AT THE JUST CONCLUDED WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL.

 

LAST NIGHT THE EMBATTLED NFF PRESIDENT MADE SPIRITED EFFORT TO SHIFT THE EXECUTIVE MEETING THAT HE SCHEDULED, CITING MINISTERIAL DIRECTIVE.

 

THE BOARD HAS MANDATED THE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF MIKE UMEH TO ACT AS PRESIDENT AND PRESIDE OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERATION PENDING THE COMPOSITION OF THE NEW NFF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AFTER THE ELECTIONS OF TUESDAY, THE 26^TH OF NEXT MONTH.