The Nigeria Football Federation,NFF, has dismissed the grounds on which the so-called National Association of Nigerian Footballers intend to set up a parrallel football governing body in the country.
NFF General Secretary, Musa Amadu, who confirmed that the Federation had alerted all security agencies in the land against this move that threatens public order and tranquility, said NANF were building castles in the air.
He said NFF had issued circular to all its members and also notified FIFA and CAF,adding that NANF abandoned the legal route and now want to take the law into their own hands .
“It is important that the public gets to understand that these characters merely want to cause public disorder and acrimony.
They went to a court of law to say that the NFF elections were not properly conducted, and then voluntarily withdrew the case. Later on, they went back to try to re-list the case, but the court threw out the application and that was that.
“If they wanted, they could have gone ahead and appeal to the Court of Appeal, and then further to the Supreme Court. But they abandoned the legal route and now want to take the law into their own hands. Nigerians must be wary about the real intentions of these individuals.
“Football administration is a serious business. They have lost everywhere and now want to put public order, safety and security to task.
“All they want to do is disrupt Nigeria’s progammes and preparations for so many competitions that we have qualified for, including the Super Eagles’ high-profile international friendly match against Argentina and the Super Eagles’ clash with Ethiopia on 5th June in a 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier.
“Let us not forget that National U-23 team, Dream Team has Olympic Games qualifiers against Tanzania and All-Africa Games qualifiers against Ghana in June, the National women’s team, Super Falcons, will participate in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany in June/July, the National Beach Soccer team will take part in the African Beach Soccer Championship in Morocco in June, the National U-20 team, Flying Eagles will be at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia in July/August and our clubs are participating in the on-going CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup.
“If you want to prove that a body is illegal, the place you do that is the court of law. Any other option is taking the law into your own hands and this step has the potential to endanger the polity at large.
“We are focused on the job of taking Nigeria football to higher heights, and will not be distracted by these individuals.
“It is quite laughable that they are quoting Article 7.2 of the FIFA Statutes. This article states that, “Executive bodies of Member Associations may under exceptional circumstances be removed from office by the Executive Committee (of FIFA) in consultation with the relevant Confederation and replaced by a normalisation committee for a specific period of time”.
“The issue now is: There is no exceptional circumstance in Nigeria football, and FIFA has not said anything like that. And the question is: Who is NANF to determine there is a problem and so, it would set up a committee to run Nigeria football?
“We are not moved, as this present attempt will equally come to nothing, just like other previous efforts.
“We have issued circular to all our Members on this matter and have notified FIFA and CAF accordingly”, concluded Amadu.
Amadu, said NANF went to a court of law to say that the NFF elections were not properly conducted, after which they voluntarily withdrew the case, adding that NANF later went back to re-list the case, but the court threw out their application.
He added that NANF want to disrupt Nigeria’s progammes and preparations, including the Super Eagles’ high-profile international friendly match against Argentina and the Super Eagles’ clash with Ethiopia on 5th June in a 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier.
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