The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation have dismissed the President of the Federation, Aminu Maigari.
Maigari was dismissed on grounds of financial misappropriation, misapplication and maladministration.
1st Vice President, Mike Umeh, takes over as Acting President till the NFF Executive Committee election of August 26, 2014.
This comes barely a week after world football governing body, FIFA, lifted the ban it placed on Nigerian Football on grounds of Government interference.
A Plateau court had on July 2, sacked Mr Maigari after hearing a suit filed by Mrs Ebiakpo Rumson Baribote, the Chairman of Nembe City FC, who requested the court to restrain Aminu Maigari and all the committee and congress of the Nigeria Football Federation from managing the affairs of football matters in Nigeria.
Hon. Justice P. L Lot of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos granted the Order of Interlocutory Injunction restraining the President of the NFF, the Executive Committee members, as well as the NFF Congress from running affairs of Nigerian football pending the determination of the Motion on Notice before the court.
FIFA had, in reaction to this, suspended Nigeria from football activities, for what the World Football governing body termed as government’s interference in the affairs of the NFF. The suit was later withdrawn in order to make FIFA withdraw the sanction.
