Alleged $8.4m, N4b Fraud: Court Frowns At NFF Officials For Refusing To Appear - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 26, 2019
A Federal High Court in Abuja onThursday frowned at the refusal of four officials of the Nigeria FootballFederal, NFF to appear in court over alleged 8.4 million dollars and N4 billionfraud cases.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu had on July 1,issued a warrant of arrest for the four men following their repeated refusal toappear in court to answer to the fraud case charges against them.
The Federal Government had throughthe Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Propertycharged them over alleged misappropriation of the sums of 8.4 million dollarsand N4 billion belonging to the NFF.
The five officials are NFFPresident, Amaju Pinnick’s, NFF Secretary, Sunusi Mohammed; the 1stVice-President, Seyi Akinwumi; the 2nd Vice-President, Shehu Dikko and anExecutive member, Yusuff Fresh, as the 1st to 5th respondents respectively.
Pinnick was exempted from theordered arrest due to his official roles as a member of the Confederation ofAfrican Football’s organising committee at the African Cup of Nation in Egypt.
Justice Ojukwu adjourned the matterto October 5 for arraignment and ordered that all affected parties be in court.