Uchegbulam alleges Pinnick induced delegates with cash in 2014, 2018 elective congresses

The massive vote-buying at the 2014 and 2018 Elections insulted the NFF Congress and that explains why the country’s highest decision-making body has been so compromised, according to Presidential candidate Amanze Uchegbulam.

The last two Elections produced Amaju Pinnick as NFF President and Uchegbulam said in an interview with The Nation that is why the Executive Committee today does not have any respect for the Congress.

He said: “What we have is NFF and not Uchegbulam Football Federation as such what I won’t do is to induce anybody with money in order to vote for me. If the delegates feel I’m good enough, they should vote for me.

“How would I be able to correct the corruption if I induced people to vote for me as NFF President? It is very insulting; and any FA Chairman that collects money to vote has got himself insulted.

“Where is the honour when you are hiring somebody and you are induced to give out the job and it’s just like you want to employ a female staff and you’d have to go to bed with her before hiring her, how will such employees respect you?”

“This problem started in Warri in 2014 and 2018 in Katsina; and that is why the Executive Committee no longer respects the congress,” he added.  

“Nothing is being done again at congress meetings because the documents are presented to you on the floor of the congress. Is that the way this is being done in CAF and FIFA?

“They are now bossing the congress because they induced them to secure their positions.

“It is a shame, and we can’t continue to run football in that manner.”