Chief Victor Rumson Baribote was on Wednesday in Abuja declared the duly-elected Chairman of the Nigeria Premier League, at an election organized by the NPL Electoral Committee and supervised by the Nigeria Football Federation.

The declaration of Chief Baribote as NPL Chairman by the Electoral Committee followed the award of an Arbitration Tribunal headed by Professor Ibidapo Obe and upheld by a Federal High Court, Abuja on August 2, nullifying the May 8, 2010 poll that brought in Davidson Owumi.

An expectant atmosphere prevailed at the FIFA Technical Centre, National Stadium Complex, Abuja early in the morning, and the arrival of representatives of 15 of the 20 Premier League clubs and the Electoral Committee members came within minutes of the arrival of the President of NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, 1st Vice President Mike Umeh and other members of the NFF Executive Committee.