$8.4m Fraud: Court Fixes July 1 For Arraignment Of NFF Chiefs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 29, 2019
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed July 1 forFederal Government’s arraignment of five officials of the Nigerian FootballFederation,NFF over alleged $8.4m fraud.
NFF president, Amaju Melvin Pinnick; GeneralSecretary, Muhammed Sanusi and others were charged with 17-count allegations ofconverting to their personal use the sum of $8,400, 000 paid by FIFA to theNFF. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu granted the Special Presidential Panel for theRecovery of Public Property leave to serve the defendants by substituted means,and ordered them to report back on July 1 for the arraignment.
The SPIP alleged that the defendants converted totheir personal use the sum, which was meant to be Super Eagles appearance feesfor 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Meanwhile, the office of the Attorney General of theFederation had written the SPIP to hands off the prosecution in the matter toenable them takeover.