NFF stops Anambra FA

The Nigeria Football Federation has suspended the final of the Anambra State Federation Cup pending the resolution of the leadership crisis in that state’s football association.

The NFF on Monday directed   the FAs of all 36 states and the FCT to hold their Federation Cup finals this weekend in order not to disrupt the calendar for the year.

“We have had to take the decision to suspend the final of the Federation Cup in Anambra State as a result of the leadership crisis in that state,” the NFF General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi said on the federation’s official website on Friday.

“The programme will remain suspended until the matter is resolved. The chairman of the NFF States’ Elections Monitoring Committee and the Chairman of FA Chairmen, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, will travel to Anambra State to sit down with the two contending parties and resolve the logjam.”

The Anambra FA was plunged into leadership crisis following the declaration by former NFF Vice-President Mike Umeh that he had been re-elected. But the faction led by the state FA Vice-Chairman Jude Obikwelu continues to insist that Umeh has been voted out of office.

Source: Punchng.com