The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Electoral Committee has cleared Mustapha Abdullahi, Olumide Oyedeji and Ejike Ugboaja to contest the federation’s presidential election scheduled for October 15, whereas disqualifying Ayo Bakare over the late submission of his nomination paperwork.
Electoral Committee chairman Lanre Glover additionally confirmed that presidential aspirant Igoche Mark has been given till Monday to submit his excellent tax clearance certificates or face disqualification.
Speaking on the screening train, Glover revealed that 5 aspirants initially sought to contest the presidency, however solely three had absolutely glad the necessities on the time of the announcement.
“For the presidency, there were five nominees for the presidency,” Glover said.
On Oyedeji’s eligibility, he mentioned: “He was deemed to have qualified by the Electoral Committee.”
Glover defined that Mark’s software remained incomplete as a result of a compulsory doc had not been submitted.
“His tax clearance is missing, and the Electoral Committee has been magnanimous enough to give him up to Monday to submit the tax clearance, failing which he will be disqualified,” he declared.
The committee chairman confirmed that Abdullahi and Ugboaja had accomplished the screening course of.
“Abdullahi Mustapha, the committee found him qualified to contest. Submitted all documents,” Glover mentioned.
On Ugboaja, he added: “He submitted all documents, and the committee found him to be qualified.”
However, Bakare failed to satisfy the submission deadline regardless of offering the required paperwork.
“Ayo Bakare submitted all documents, but his form was submitted late. He submitted his form 12 minutes past two, after the deadline, so he’s disqualified,” Glover defined.
Summarising the committee’s resolution, Glover confirmed that one aspirant had been disqualified outright, whereas one other nonetheless had a possibility to regularise his software.
“So, of the five presidential candidates, one is disqualified, Ayo Bakare,” he said.
The screening end result leaves three confirmed presidential contenders, with Mark’s eligibility depending on assembly Monday’s deadline forward of the October 15 election.
