Nwachukwu reveals NBBF has no constitution
The factional NBBF Vice President explains that the Abuja January 31, 2022 election was the authentic one, stating that Abuja's election followed the ministry's guidelines and instructions.
A member of the last board of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) led by Musa Kida, Osita Nwachukwu, has revealed that the federation has no legal document called the constitution.
Nwachukwu who is currently NBBF Vice President in the factional NBBF board led by Igoche Mark made the revelation on Tuesday in a chat with journalists at the nation's capital, Abuja.
According to him, the document being brandished as the constitution was never endorsed by the NBBF congress.
"Let me state clearly here, the NBBF never had a constitution, what we have before was the Tijani Umar's constitution that was never accepted. The claim that NBBF congress endorsed a constitution on April 13, 2019, is false and a big lie.
"What happened on that said day was only a stakeholders meeting of which I was part.
"Also, if the NBBF had endorsed that constitution, the dissolution of the NBBF board in May 2021, would have been resisted by the whole basketball family, including Kida himself. Having accepted the position of a caretaker chairman, Musa Kida lacks the power to act under what he called the constitution."Nwachukwu stated.
The factional NBBF Vice President explains that the Abuja January 31, 2022 election was the authentic one, stating that Abuja's election followed the ministry's guidelines and instructions.
"Our election is the authentic one because we followed the ministry's order. Remember, we started with the Players' Rep and Technical Rep conducted by the Ministry in which Kida was part, and also, the ministry ordered that the election must hold on January 31, 2022, at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Tell me, do you change the rule of a game in the middle of the game?" He queried.
