LMC vs Club owners meeting deadlocked

Hon. Nduka Irabor, LMC Chairman

*As Maigari escapes from meeting to avoid EFCC arrest

By Olajide Fashikun

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) midwived meeting between the warring League Management Company (LMC) and the Club owners entered into a cul-de-sac as parties stuck to their guns meanwhile, Alhaji Aminu Maigari had to escape from the meeting to avoid being arrested when tipped of the presence of the anti-corruption agency’s officials’ presence within the premises.

At the meeting according to our inside sources, the club owners insisted that the NFF Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Port Harcourt endorsed the sack of former chairman, Rumson Baribote and also endorsed the formation of an Interim Management Committee (IMC).

They asked where the nation’s highest football ruling body, the AGM endorsed the formation of a League Management Company in any of its resolutions. All efforts made to pacify them to shift their grounds mid-way was said to have been rebuffed.

Eventually, both parties went home with their prepared positions on the issues of conflict between them.

While the meeting was going on, a Reporter who is claimed to have his ears on the ground quickly got across to one of the aides of the NFF President that he men of the EFCC were on their way to the secretariat. Maigari who was in the meeting trying to broker peace between the club owners and LMC was said to have sought for an exeunt. As he was driving out of the gate of the Glass House, the EFCC operatives were driving in.

Infact, they had to wait for his vehicle to drive out of the premises when theirs took turn to enter. They missed the premises by whiskers.

However, it could not be confirmed if they actually came for the arrest of Maigari. Efforts made to reach the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwugiaren to confirm or deny their presence in the football house could not yield result as at when we went to press.