NFF Crisis: Fifa demands explanation over Maigari impeachment
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Fifa has demanded for explanations on why the Nigeria Football President Alhaji Aminu Maigari was removed from office.
Maigari was fired by the NFF executive board on July 24, 2014.
In a letter signed by deputy secretary general Markus Kattner to NFF general secretary Musa Amadu, the world football governing body demanded a more detailed explanation leading to Maigari’s removal.
“We acknowledge the decision of some members of the NFF Executive Committee to start the meeting with an amendment of the agenda and to proceed with the removal of the president through a motion of impeachment,” the letter read.
“However, the minutes provided very little with regard to the convocation and the agenda of the meeting, the quorum, the conditions of the amendment of the agenda and if the president was offered the right to be heard – and on which precise accusations.
“In order to better ascertain the statutory ground of such an important decision, we ask you to provide us with a more detailed report. Indeed, we would like to know if the NFF statutes were correctly implemented.
“We would like to remind you as a general rule, the dismissal of members of the executive committee is the prerogative of the general assemblies.”
The world football ruling body also expressed surprise that despite the lifting of the suspension of the country, the situation in Nigeria has become “so inextricable.”