NPL Elections: NFF in another signature forgery case

Yusuf, is his brother, Muazu, fraudulent?

Untouchables and Orphans of Nigerian sports‏

There are two breeds of Nigerians: the untouchables and the helpless orphans. The same breed exists in our sports. In the class of the untouchables are some federation presidents and powerful secretaries proven to be incapable and lacking vision. Here, one clear example is Solomon Ogba and Maria Woophil both of the AFN. They have worsted Nigerian athletics such that the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) had to internationally disgrace Nigeria as one that does not understand basic issues and rules governing the sport.

 
THE ORPHANS:

In this class is the most successful sports federation in the country, Scrabble. Then in this class are trained and qualified Nigerian coaches like Innocent Egbunike, Chief Tony Osheiku, Pat Itanyi etc sidelined for drug couriers, errand boys, college drop outs, and ex internationals who have no means of survival. They peopled the crew to Maputo on the athletics team.

The third set in this class are Nigerian athletes. This include young latent talents who are females and are expected to open their laps to be sexually made useless by 'coaches' and federation officials, athletes who have no godfathers.
 
READERSHIP AND COURAGE:

Two quotations, one from Lagos (Mrs. Inalegwu) who wrote: "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." - Elie Wiesel. She was commending the courage in the content of this blog.

In response to my consistent reports about the AFN, Sammy Ojeih wrote from Toulouse, France: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." -Thomas Jefferson.

Reading between the lines of these two quotations has given me the courage and further conviction that I must be fair in my investigations not to be scared of any form of evil against my person.

There are two women who each time they read my reports consistently pray for my safety. One thing I am sure and hold sacrosanct is, every journalist everywhere is an endangered specie. I will do my best freely and fairly. Let the evil men at the receiving end try their best.

CHIEF PATRICK EKEJI:

Readers of this blog will attest to the fact that I have as a matter of principle refrained to discuss individuals. I have to for once based on a subtle attack from a former Nigerian international who called me two days ago from the United States of America. We spoke for 55.38 minutes. To her, Chief Patrick Ekeji is the biggest problem of Nigerian sports. "He knows what to do to stop all the rot. But he is in a dilemma, he is scared of stepping on toes and make moves that may lead to the exit of people who are his friends. I did speak with one of his close aides and expressed to him that we, the athletes rightly feel he is weak."

She went on to charge, “you, Olajide Fashikun, I have never read on this blog or anywhere else where you took on this man and tell him what he needs to hear. You must also have been settled as it is with every Nigerian journalist.”
I am not defending myself or the profession of journalism as she believes. The issue. I have heard these strands of arguments against Ekeji especially during the NFF-NFA tango in which I was a major actor.

A pro-Ekeji colleague will argue during those days: "He was only being cautious". I remember that I will ask him in response, “is chief Ekeji being cautious or not just wanting to upset the status quo? However, I do know there is a limit to being cautious.”

Even at the latest allegations, I am not in a position to defend or and attack Chief Ekeji on this matter. I will as a journalist angle for him, get him to respond to these issues and I will publish it.

The staffers of the NSC have made it look terrible to on some issues defend the Commission or the boss, in this case, Ekeji. Rhetorically, Is it caution that informed the type of unscientific decisions of the NSC in the case of the infamous "Ranting Nine" in scrabble?

Is it caution that has ruled the ominous disaster that athletics mismanagement will bring the nation's image in Maputo? This is considering also in tandem that of the world championships in 2011.

If caution was what informed the kinds of decisions and indecisions in the NFF-NFA crisis, can we say the same of the loss of a Nigerian voice in the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa? Uhm! That is why we will pay dearly for the resounding disgrace we will suffer in Maputo.

 JUSTICE AND SPORTS:

There is no doubt that the Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and not the minister is the chief custodian of the law, principles and pragmatics of all that is sports in Nigeria today.
Today. Yes, today, I don't know of tomorrow. The foundation of the clear decline in Nigerian sports is the absence of justice. The NSC has, is and will continue to be obstructing justice for long. Until she makes a U-turn, hope will become an orphan in our land.

Until there is justice and fairness, peace will be alien to our sports industry including football. The age long age cheating policy is already catching up with us. All the limited successes we parade were fraudulently achieved. That is what the failure in Maputo will underline.

Was it not the pursuit of truth, fairplay and justice that led to the setting up of the Oneya committee on Nigerian football? I will come back to that. I hope they will deliver their tasks with the absolute fear of God and in the interests of this nation. If they do fearlessly, they would have saved football and plant the mustard seeds that will take us out of the woods. If they fail, woe betide them and all of us. Either way, their names will be solidly written in our history.

IS SPORTS MINISTER’S BROTHER FRAUDULENT?

Nigerians may not be aware that Muazu Suleiman in the NFF is the elder brother to the current Sports minister, Yusuf Suleiman. Nigerians will quickly remember that the Maigari led board of the NFF is akin to fraudulent productions of signatures. I have found another.

Document where Muazu's signature may have been forged

What I found out may be contested if it can be proved that one man has two signatures. I was reliably informed that Alhaji Muazu Suleiman was not in the meeting where the communiqué of 25^th August 2011 was issued. The signature on the communiqué was supposed to be his. It was neither signed on his behalf.

I checked three other documents where Muazu Sulaiman’s signatures tallied but was wholly and totally different from the one on the communiqué. So why has Muazu Sulaiman not protested the fraud involved and committed on his behalf?

It is authoritative that Muazu Suleiman’s signature was forged as it is usual with Aminu Maigari’s NFF. Remember, the same NFF issued a letter from FIFA where the world governing agency was purported to have denounced the NFA interim board. We proved the fraud. This is another of such frauds again. Muazu Suleiman must come out to state his complicity or otherwise in this matter.