Falconets: First Lady saves Maigari from EFCC

By Patrick Omorodion
Acting President of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Alhaji Aminu Maigari was yesterday saved by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC was set to stop his trip to Germany to see the U-20 female national team, the Falconets.

Dame Patience Jonathan

Alhaji Maigari was until late yesterday still answering questions on his role in the affairs of the discredited Board led by erstwhile president, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi at the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja and would have missed his trip to Germany for

the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
However, according to our source, a letter from the presidency stating that the interim boss of the NFA would be accompanying the First Lady to watch the Falconets semi final match against Colombia tomorrow prompted the EFCC to allow him go after insisting he would not be allowed to make the trip as he could not convince the agency on the need for the trip.

According to our source, the anti-graft agency was not convinced that the acting boss of the NFA was actually going to Germany to pay the girls their allowances as it said earlier reports indicated the players had received their allowances for the group matches as well as the quarter final victory over tournament favourites and defending champions, the United States.

The EFCC, it was gathered, wanted to know from Alhaji Maigari whether there was no other officer of the NFA competent to embark on the trip if actually the players were yet to be paid their allowances and if they had not been paid, why the delay.

Alhaji Maigari was said to have reported to the EFCC office yesterday without his traveling passport, prompting the agency to suspect he had a hidden agenda, hence the decision to keep him until the letter from the presidency came.