Ex-NFF President Maigari, scribe Amadu in EFCC cell again

Former president and Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari and Musa Amadu were last week detained by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) at their Lagos office for two days before they were granted administrative bail over forgery and other financial crimes while in office.

The duo were quizzed by operatives of the commission for two days over the roles they played while in office in connection with collecting money from the federal government as Nigeria Football Association and spending same as Nigeria Football Federation .

The commission also sought explanation over forging documents and affidavits as Nigeria Football Association that enabled them fraudulently register the League Management Company (LMC) to run the Nigeria Premier League.

The duo admitted in their statements of using the name NFA to collect money from government because the name NFF was unknown to the laws of Nigeria.

They also told the commission that they indeed used the NFA to register the LMC because using NFF would have been wrong since the name NFF was unknown to the laws of the land.

They were allowed to go home but to return this week, precisely on Thursday, with men whose signatures appeared in the company registration of LMC.

Nduka Irabor is reported to have held 80 per cent of the LMC shares while Maigari is in charge of 20 even when out of office since 2013.

In a related development, the EFCC Abuja is interrogating top members of the secretariat staff of the NFF over the shaddy sponsorship deal between the LMC and Supersport as the football ruling house accountant denied knowledge of the content and worth of the contract.

NFF’s major market (name withheld) was also invited and told the anti-corruption body that the whole deal with the South African satellite television station is shrouded in secrecy insisting that he knew nothing about it, even as the sole marketer of the NFF.

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