Dikko met with the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Mustapha, and the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Garba Mohammed, in a follow up to earlier meetings he had on October 10 and 11 with the Commissioner of Police, Legal, at the Police headquarters and the office of the Inspector General of Police, during which the incident at the airport was reported
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The policemen had stormed the massive edifice in the heart of the FCT, housing both the LMC and La Liga offices, at exactly 12.27pm in a chartered taxi in what appeared to be a disguise and headed straight to the entrance gate to announce their presence
“the LMC and its officials are law-abiding and will continue to seek the protection of the laws of our land in carrying on their lawful business. LMC will not be browbeaten or intimidated into abandoning this resolve or to act outside the laws of the land”
The management had an emergency meeting on Wednesday after receiving the contempt charge
Giwa, who were expelled from the league after they failed to honour a total of three matches, have been restored to the league and their players could no longer feature for the clubs they were sent out to on loan after their expulsion
Dikko said: “The NFF leadership is happy with this Committee’s performance and that is why most members were re-appointed. Last season, we had issues with only two matches out of 380. That is outright distinction and must be appreciated
According to him, the LMC need to create stability in the clubs in view of recent history, which had seen great teams go under because their owners could not continue funding them
The Chairman of the League Management Company, Shehu Dikko, was one of the 23 heads of national professional league bodies at the meeting, where the formation of the “World Association of Leagues” was announced following the second World Leagues Forum
A good number of former and present coaches of the national teams, head coaches of Nigeria Professional Football League teams and a good number of ex-international players are taking part in the two weeks course being superintended by former FIFA Advisor on technical matters, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde
The LMC supremo had challenged the players in the dressing room an hour before kick-off, to play with determination and discipline to do the nation proud and also to make a strong case for their ilk (players in the domestic League) with regards to greater consideration for places in the main Super Eagles squad
The Chairman of the LMC, Shehu Dikko, who was at the Adokie Amesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for the match with some other Directors of the LMC to cheer the players, told them after the match to double their contributions to ensure the final qualification is achieved
A one-day training programme for Club Administrators, Media Officers and Chairmen of the Clubs’ Supporters has been scheduled to hold…
Shehu Dikko was the only candidate out of the seven presidential aspirants that had not arrived and therefore did not participate in the debate held at the Golden Tulip Hotel
The Eagle Online gathered that operatives of the Department of State Service were at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja in search of the Kaduna State-born football administrator