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 Mnagement 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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