Abuja –  A faction of the congress of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has sacked the Electoral Committee of the football body, and fixed Sept. 4 in Abuja for new board elections.

The congress, which met on Tuesday night in Abuja, cited gross contravention of NFA Statutes 2010, NFA Electoral Code and the guidelines for the forthcoming board elections.

The  Amoni Biambo-led committee was dissolved by 40 of the congress members present at the event.

The members had earlier condemned the committee’s actions and inaction, and noted that there was need to restore the confidence of all stakeholders in the electoral process.

The congress went on to reconstitute the committee with the mandate for it to conduct elections into the board on Sept. 4 in Abuja.

Seyi Akinwunmi, the Lagos Football Association (FA) chairman, who read the communiqué to newsmen, said the new committee’s members had a herculean task of correcting the anomalies of the dissolved committee.

He gave the name of the new members to include M.T. Ahmed, Olumide Oluyemi, Adams Osmond, Sadiq Zaria, Chimdi Ojiohu, Onyeaghala Obioma, Adeola Adelawu and Sani Yakasai.

“Sampson Ebomhe will serve as the new electoral committee chairman, while Musa Amadu, the NFA Secretary-General will serve as the secretary,’’ Akinwunmi said.

The congress also appointed a new Electoral Appeals Committee, with Okey Ajunwa as Chairman, Dotun Coker and Sani Mohammed as members, and Sanusi Mohammed as Secretary.

Akinwunmi also said chairmen of the three lower leagues would join the new NFA board when inaugurated on Sept. 4.

The league chairmen are Emeka Inyama of the Nigeria National League (NNL), Ahmed Kawu of the Nigeria Nationwide League (NNWL) and Dilichukwu Onyedimma of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL).

Akinwunmi said they would be joining the new board pending the conduct of elections into the boards of the three league bodies in two years’ time.

“Congress affirmed that the three leagues — the NNL, NNWL and NWFL — will resume with the new board after Sept. 4 since they have two years to end their tenure,’’ he said.

However, while speaking, Musa Amadu, the NFA Secretary-General, who presided over the congress, condemned the earlier congress which took place at Chida Hotel.

He urged the new committee to abide by the rules guiding football administration in the country.

“We have three chairmanship contestants in this house right now and this will tell you the extent of illegality that took place the other side.

“Mike Umeh, Amanze Uchegbulam and Taiwo Ogunjobi are the chairmanship contestants that are here and I wonder who and who contested the elections at Chida Hotel,’’ Amadu said.

The highpoint of the meeting was the dissolution of the Aminu Maigari-led NFA board and the appointment of an interim management board to pilot the affairs of the football house.

The interim board members are Ephraim Chukwuemeka, the Abia FA chairman, Abubakar Ladan, Kebbi FA chairman and Isaac Ayodele, the Ekiti FA chairman.

NAN reports that another faction of the congress had earlier continued on with the NFA General Assembly at Chida Hotel and conducted new elections into the board.

The elections were supervised by the Amoni Biambo-led electoral committee, and this was after Sports Minister Tammy Danagogo had declared the assembly open.

He had in his address urged the congress to go on and conduct its board elections since it was due for Aug. 26.

Chris Giwa, the proprietor of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubside Giwa Football Club of Jos, had emerged board chairman.

Eleven others were also elected board members at the occasion.(NAN)