‘Now, I have been vindicated’
Former Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amanze Uchegbulam, has said the recent nullification of the 2022 NFF board elections by an Appeal Court was an avoidable consequence of a misadventure.
The Appeal Court in Abuja, led by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka, alongside Justice Okon Abang and Justice Adebukola Banjoko, last week, ordered the sacking of all members of NFF board for alleged use of court orders obtained from ‘dubious’ means, in conducting the NFF elections held in Benin City, Edo State, on September 30, 2022.
It thus nullified the elections of the NFF, which ushered in the Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau-led board.
The Appeal Court ruled that anybody seen parading him or herself as NFF Board member after the ongoing AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire risk going to jail for contempt.
Uchegbulem, a former member of Confederation…
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