The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday advised Nigerians to disregard what it described as ‘fake news being peddled by those who lost out in the recent elections,’ just as it threatened to seek redress through the football processes.
Reacting to allegations of graft levelled against its officials by a former member of its executive committee, Otunba Sunday Dele-Ajayi and published by an online medium on Thursday, the NFF described the claims as ‘unguarded, misleading and deliberate falsehood, and outrightly libellous statements.’
It said in a statement, “The attention of the NFF has been drawn to some statements made by Otunba Dele-Ajayi, a former member of the NFF executive committee and Chairman of the Ondo State FA, in an interview originally granted a radio station in Ondo State but published by a website on Thursday, January 24, 2019.
“He grandly claimed there was mismanagement at the NFF without being able to substantiate any with documents. This is the same pattern that we have seen over the months with the mob action and media trial all over the place, especially from persons and groups who lost out in the NFF elections. We insist there is no mismanagement under the administration of Amaju Pinnick but absolute transparency in the way and manner it puts out all its activities in the open for the good of the game. Read more