THE
Osun State Football Association has described as unfortunate the unfair
treatment being meted to its chairman, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, by the
leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Members of the board of the Osun State FA rose from their meeting lamenting why the NFF leadership could descend so low to lie to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) that the NFF congress had approved the 10-year ban slammed on Ogunjobi.
The NFF last week wrote a letter to CAF stopping Ogunjobi’s CAF match commissioner’s assignment on the grounds that Ogunjobi had been banned when in actual fact his appeal has not been heard.
Ogunjobi was originally picked by CAF to commission the CAF Confederation Cup match between Medema GC (Ghana) and Panthers (Equatorial Guinea) in Ghana last weekend.
It will be recalled that at the NFF congress held in Warri, Delta State on November 28, 2013, Ogunjobi’s ban was referred to the Appeal Committee of the NFF and the committee is yet to sit and hear Ogunjobi’s case.
A press statement released by the Osun State FA and made available to Tribunesport on Monday quoted the Osun State FA as saying that it believes that the sanction is politically motivated when politics should not be mixed with sports.
The Osun State FA then urged all football stakeholders in the South-West to come together in what it calls “the fight against the injustice NFF has subjected Ogunjobi to despite the fact that the Ivorian club, ASEC, has come out to clear the air that Ogunjobi is innocent.”
The statement further states: “It is unfortunate that Chief Ogunjobi, who has contributed immensely to the growth of Nigeria football, an ex-international, former NFF Secretary General, and former NFF Executive Board member, is being treated this way without any cause.”
Members of the board of the Osun State FA rose from their meeting lamenting why the NFF leadership could descend so low to lie to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) that the NFF congress had approved the 10-year ban slammed on Ogunjobi.
The NFF last week wrote a letter to CAF stopping Ogunjobi’s CAF match commissioner’s assignment on the grounds that Ogunjobi had been banned when in actual fact his appeal has not been heard.
Ogunjobi was originally picked by CAF to commission the CAF Confederation Cup match between Medema GC (Ghana) and Panthers (Equatorial Guinea) in Ghana last weekend.
It will be recalled that at the NFF congress held in Warri, Delta State on November 28, 2013, Ogunjobi’s ban was referred to the Appeal Committee of the NFF and the committee is yet to sit and hear Ogunjobi’s case.
A press statement released by the Osun State FA and made available to Tribunesport on Monday quoted the Osun State FA as saying that it believes that the sanction is politically motivated when politics should not be mixed with sports.
The Osun State FA then urged all football stakeholders in the South-West to come together in what it calls “the fight against the injustice NFF has subjected Ogunjobi to despite the fact that the Ivorian club, ASEC, has come out to clear the air that Ogunjobi is innocent.”
The statement further states: “It is unfortunate that Chief Ogunjobi, who has contributed immensely to the growth of Nigeria football, an ex-international, former NFF Secretary General, and former NFF Executive Board member, is being treated this way without any cause.”
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