EMERGENCY COMMITTEE SLAMS 10-YEAR BAN ON ADEPOJU, SAYS OKENWA HAS CASE TO ANSWER

By Esther Egbe
The Emergency Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has upheld
the recommendation of the investigative committee into bribery
allegation against a member of the Committee, Olaleye
Adepoju, placing a 10-year ban from all football-related activities on
the former chairman of NFF Disciplinary Committee.

Reliable information available to the National Daily stated that following a meeting of the investigative committee headed by
Chris Green at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja on Monday, the Emergency
Committee was convened to look into its recommendations with a view to
treating the matter with dispatch.

Moreover, the former Commissioner for Youth and
Sports in Oyo State, Mr. Dapo Lam-Adesina, also bagged a 10-year ban.

It was the unanimous position of the Committee that the case
against Adepoju was proved beyond reasonable doubt.

In a related development, the Committee also upheld the
recommendation of the investigative committee into an allegation of
impersonation against the Chairman of Enugu State Football
Association, Mr. Chidi Ofo Okenwa, to the effect that Okenwa, indeed,
has a case to answer.

The Committee has referred the case to the Inspector General of Police
for full police investigation. In the meantime, Okenwa is to
step aside as Chairman of Enugu State Football Association pending the
conclusion of police investigation.

Present at the meeting were NFF President, Aminu Maigari, Vice
President, Mike Umeh, Emeka Inyama,
Muazu Suleyman, Yusuf Ahmed Fresh ,and Ahmad Muazu
Kawu.