An official rationalization has emerged within the wake of a call by Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) appeals committee to strike out a petition and objection raised by ex-international, Olumide Oyedeji concerning the physique’s current election.
Sports247 studies that, quickly after the official declaration of Dr Abdullahi Mustapha because the NBBF’s new president, Oyedeji raised heated allegations about victimisation in opposition to him, deliberate irregularities and ulterior motives by the electoral committee.
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However, the previous nationwide crew captain and present president of Nigeria Olympians Association (NOA), could now must sheathe his sword, because the appeals committee defined that his petition was rejected after checking its content material in relation with the NBBF’s statutes.
The committee headed by Barrister Emmanuel Okibe consequently formally introduced that that they had dismissed Oyedeji’s petition and all others that challenged the presidential election outcomes, which gave Mustapha the authority to steer Nigerian basketball for 4 years.
Barrister Okibe additional acknowledged emphatically that the petitions from Oyedeji (representing South-West zone) and Mohammed Sani (North-East zone) had been completely examined intimately, earlier than they had been each dismissed for missing advantage.
He added at size that the panel, which additionally had Chichi Nwoko, and Emmanuel Zira, painstakingly and punctiliously reviewed all submitted complaints following the election on October fifteenth at International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja.
”The petitions had been fastidiously examined in accordance with the electoral tips earlier than the committee arrived at its closing resolution,” Okibe expatiated whereas studying the attraction committee’s resolution.
Sports247 studies additional that, with the attraction committee’s unanimous ruling, all authorized challenges and complaints lodged within the wake of the NBBF election ought to lastly be laid to relaxation, with the federation’s new board now sure to formally start its tenure.
