The Eagle Online gathered that the Bauchi State football administrator has succeeded in getting the “authorities” to soft pedal on his impeachment, a situation that may see the board making a u-turn on his impeachment
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Rumours were rife that the erstwhile Glass House boss was re-arrested in the early hours of Thursday after the DSS disrupted the proposed media briefing for mobilizing stakeholders to upturn his impeachment
Addressing journalists at a secret location in Maitama, Abuja, after security agents disrupted the parley scheduled for the early hours of Thursday at Serub Hotels, the Abia State FA Chairman, Sir E. C. Chukwuemeka, said that though the NFF board had cancelled the congress, they relied on the same communiqué that earlier convened it to meet and chart the way forward for Nigerian football
Kawu had disassociated himself from Maigari’s impeachment as the president of the federation when he spoke with newsmen
The Eagle Online exclusively gathered that another round of impeachment is being planned for next week to completely sanitanize the football house
The decisions to sack Maigari and appoint Umeh were taken at the of Executive Committee meeting in Abuja
He was removed by eight members of the committee while five backed his continued stay in office
Adamu said that Nigeria should always endeavour to follow the rules laid down by FIFA
Maigari was kicked out of office based on an order of a Jos, Plateau State High Court, which ordered him and other members of the Board not to parade themselves as the leaders of the NFF pending the determination of a suit filed by the owner of Nembe FC, Ebiakpo Baribote
The media briefing which is scheduled for 10am, The Eagle Online gathered, has the suspension of disloyal board members as the main item on the agenda.
FIFA had given Nigeria a July 17, 2014 deadline to reinstate Maigari and other members of the NFF Board who were sacked following an order of a High Court in Jos, Plateau State
FIFA, based on the plea by the Federal Government, had extended the date for the outright ban of Nigeria by two days
The suspension, according to FIFA, will be lifted as soon as the court action is withdrawn and the properly elected NFF Executive Committee, the NFF General Assembly and the NFF administration are able to work without government’s interference
If the strike by JUSUN continues and the suit is not withdrawn before Tuesday, it will result in the Falconets of Nigeria not taking part in the Under-20 World Cup in Canada
Speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Danagogo said Nigeria was not at risk with the world football body over the crisis in the NFF
During the period of suspension, the NFF may not be represented in any regional, continental or international competitions, including at club level or in friendly matches.
He also demanded for the recall of assistant coach Sylvanus Okpalla to the backroom staff and said he should no longer report to the NFF technical committee as regards team selection and preparations
2013 Federal Government Budget performance, the federation revealed in the document that while refreshment and meals gulped N1.19 million, honorariums and sitting allowances took N11.95 million, adding that it equally spent a whopping sum of N2.08 million to purchase newspapers
It was also learnt that another letter was written detailing corruption charges levelled against Maigari that compelled the operatives of the Department of State Service to invite him for questioning on arrival from Brazil
However, the world football governing body, FIFA, frowned at the development, warning that it would sanction Nigeria if by July 8, the board was not reinstated