NFF ELECTION: “Disqualify Amaju,Dikko from Contesting” Disu urges FG

Former Nigeria defender, Tajudeen Disu, says all members of the present board of the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF), lack the ethical standing to contest any place within the election scheduled for September.

Disu, who can be the chairman of the Gamers Welfare Committee of the Skilled Footballers Affiliation of Nigeria, stated this throughout an interview with globalsportsng.com in response to experiences of NFF President, Amaju Pinnick and a few notable members of the present board expressing their curiosity to run as president.

His response is hinged, particularly on the need of League Administration Firm (LMC) chairman, Shehu Dikko, who’s assured of succeeding Pinnick as president of the physique and is gearing up his marketing campaign.

Buttressing the opinion severally harped on by the gamers’ physique, Disu stated the present NFF board has accomplished quite a lot of harm to Nigerian soccer in all ramifications and will likely be despatched packing in September on the polls.

“I simply received a report stating Shehu Dikko has stepped up his NFF Presidential marketing campaign and sounds assured of succeeding Amaju Pinnick. How can somebody who has fully destroyed our league be contemplating turning into President of the NFF?

“I enchantment to the federal authorities to disqualify Dikko and the opposite six govt members of the NFF alongside Amaju Pinnick as a result of they’re birds of the identical feather,” Disu acknowledged.

He continues: “Permitting any of them to contest is pretty much as good as enhancing Pinnick’s third time period in workplace as a result of they’re working collectively.

“Members of the present board don’t know what’s coming. They’ll all be swept away on the polls in September. Individuals who know the sport inside out will come on board in order that Nigerian soccer can breathe once more.

“The gamers’ bloc is able to wrest management of Nigerian soccer from them, and we’re severe about this. The period of manipulating elections is over, and the upcoming election in September would be the turning level.

“I’m glad 5 respected ex-footballers are within the race, and the ex-players will work as a unit to make sure that Nigerian soccer leaves the woods.”

There are unconfirmed experiences that Pinnick will try to safe a 3rd time period, regardless of earlier making it clear he wouldn’t be operating. He’s doubtless run in opposition to the First Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi, and Zamfara FA Chairman, Ibrahim Gusau on the polls.

Jonathan Akpoborie, Benedict Akwuegbu, Peterside Idah, Paul Yusuf, and Kenneth Boardman are the ex-internationals contesting the place of president.

No ex-international has occupied the place since its inception, and the gamers’ bloc is fervently searching for a change within the course of the pendulum.

The Guardian recall that the Tremendous Eagles did not qualify for Qatar 2022 World Cup, dropping the ticket to Ghana in Abuja, whereas the Tremendous Falcons surrendered their African title in an embarrassing matter on the simply concluded African Girls’s Nations Cup in Morocco.

All Nigerian Golf equipment have change into a laughing inventory in CAF competitions. There have been experiences yesterday that CAF has dismissed Pinnick’s alleged bid to co-host the 2025 African Nations Cup with Benin Republic.

Pinnick was stated to have introduced on Tuesday that he had knowledgeable CAF Executives by way of a room assembly of Nigeria’s curiosity to co-host alongside Benin, with a number of media experiences suggesting that the occasion could possibly be moved from troubled Guinea.