A extremely revered and skilled fight sports activities administrator, Air Vice Marshall Framah Eli Batnah (retired) has emerged as a attainable ‘compromise candidate’ to assist in fostering peace amongst feuding factions of the Kickboxing Federation of Nigeria (KBFN).
Sports247 gathered that the retired army officer’s title, standing and achievements proceed developing within the revitalised seek for an amicable finish to crises that led to Nigeria’s suspension by the worldwide physique.
However, following a latest warning by the president of World Association of Kickboxing Organisations (WAKO), Roy Baker that Nigeria might miss a historic first ever outing for the game at subsequent 12 months’s Africa Games, a number of stakeholders have resolved to fix fences.
Consequently, with all eyes now of the Africa Cup, which can function qualifiers for subsequent 12 months’s continental multi-sports gathering in Egypt, stakeholders of kickboxing have set in movement plans to carry elections in Nigeria.
With that in view, the title now circulating around the nation’s martial arts terrain is that of AVM Batnah, whose lofty credentials embrace previous service in Boxing Federation of Nigeria (BFN) and several other different posts.
A reputable supply informed Sports247 in confidence, “He is a person of reputation, and we already see him as our incoming president. He retired as Air Vice Marshal of Nigeria Air Force in 2025 and he was previously NAF’s director of sports activities.
“He is also a former director of sports at Defence Headquarters and former board member of NBF. All these achievements make us believe that he is the right man who is capable of reviving kickboxing in Nigeria.”
Sports247 studies that it’s now left to be seen if all feuding factions throughout the material of kickboxing in Nigeria will settle for Batnah because the bridge that can carry all of them collectively on the peace desk and be sure that Baker’s warning shouldn’t be toyed with.
