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‘NFF has been hijacked by cabal’

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Fresh facts have emerged on why former Ogun State Sports Commissioner, Bukola Olopade, resigned his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Bet9ja-sponsored Nigeria National League (NNL).

Olopade resigned a few days ago citing undue interference by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in the running of the NNL, particularly its recent decision to go ahead with the Super 8 play-off.

After the NFF board meeting in Asaba, the Nigeria Football Federation was said to have mandated NNL chairman, Chidi Ofor Okenwa, to immediately convene a congress of stakeholders to take a decision which would be ratified by the executive committee in a bid to find a lasting solution to the problems associated with NPFL’s abrupt end to the season in week 24.

The NNL then came up with a decision not to go for Super 8 play-off, sighting force majeure, since the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the NFF had already released its calendar for the 2018/2019 football season.

A source close to Olapade told The Guardian yesterday he took the decision to quit the NNL job because of his belief that a strong cabal had hijacked the day-to-day operations of the NFF from its president Amaju Pinnick.

The Guardian, December 11, 2018

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