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Confusion over alleged government’s bid to probe NFF boss, Pinnick

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There was confusion, yesterday; after claims emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari may have approved the immediate prosecution of the President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, over an alleged multi-billion naira fraud in the football house.

It was also alleged that government, through the Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP) headed by Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, had equally placed a travel ban on Pinnick, after the prosecution order was handed down when the Obono-Obla-headed panel presented its preliminary report to Buhari.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was also alleged to have furnished Buhari with a report on the NFF, in which it detailed the outcome of its investigation, which was said to be in sync with what Obono-Obla’s panel had submitted to the president.

Also yesterday, the commission’s acting spokesperson, Tony Orilade, confirmed to The Guardian that the agency is investigating two different cases involving the NFF, but declined to give details of the dramatis personae.

The Guardian, January 6, 2019

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