The Minister of Sports
and chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has
threatened to drag a top official of the League Management Company to the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over an alleged withdrawal of
N10 million from the coffers of the LMC without due process.
The official, Sports Vanguard gathered withdrew the
said money after the meeting of purported Club owners which came up with a
decision to disassociate themselves from the League Management Committee led by
Honourable Nduka Irabor.
We were made to understand that the affected
officer has been giving tacit support to the club owners in their fight with
the LMC which has been making efforts to reform the league.
The official, we further gathered, did not seek the
consent of the LMC board or its leadership before making the withdrawal. On
discovering the irregular withdrawal, the LMC leadership petitioned the
Minister.
Speaking in Ilorin, where the National Council of
Sports meeting is holding, the Minister, Mallam Abdulahi said his Commission
would ensure the affected officer is taken to the EFCC for questioning.
In addition, the minister condemned the conduct of
football club owners who said they had sacked the League Management Committee.
They had no such powers.
“Their action is condemnable and smacks of
ignorance,” the minister said, pointing out that the Nigeria Football Federation
as the only organ vested with the administration of football in the country
should have been contacted.
“If they had any grouse against the LMC the right
place to go to should have been the NFF. But they did not go to NFF or even
come to me. None of them did and they went ahead with their empty declaration,”
the minister said, adding, “they want to hold Nigerian football to ransom.”
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