Former FIFA/CAF Technical Instructor,
Chief Adegboye Onigbinde has driven a
long nail on the head of sacked NFF
President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari alleging
the impeached Glass House boss was
indeed the architect of his down fall.
Maigari became the fourth NFF President
to be impeached after Kojo Williams,
Alhaji Galadima Ibrahim and Alhaji Sani
Lulu Abdullahi, following Thursday’s
decision of eight out of the 13 executive
committee members in Abuja.
Onigbinde posited in a no-hold-barred
interview with Complete Sports over the
latest ‘Tsunami’ that hit Nigeria football
shortly after the Super Eagles 2-0 defeat
by Les Bleus of France in the second
round of the concluded World Cup in Brazil
that what matters is not the impeachment
(of Maigari per se) but what really
happens after the impeachment.
“The moment a leader chooses to lead
from behind, allowing his subordinates to
begin to dictate for him, then his end is
imminent”, Onigbinde declared.
“When they were in South Africa, in
January for the CHAN, I called Maigari on
his mobile phone and asked why the
Nigeria Premier League should be stopped
when only 23 players of the home based
Super Eagles made the CHAN team.
“Surprisingly he replied by saying it was
the duty of the (NFF) technical committee.
That indeed shows he was not in-charge.”
“The impeachment was done by the
Executive Board so let’s wait for its
ratification by the congress.
“But all that has beginning also have an
end also. What matters most is not his
impeachment but what really happens
after the impeachment.”
The one time Shooting Stars of Ibadan
General Manager added that when such
end comes to such a leader, as it really
happened to Maigari last Thursday, such
leader alone bears the effect.
“If in a committee of 13 members, eight
( say they are not aware of what you
are doing, then something is really wrong.
“Unfortunately, it’s going to affect him
more than anyone else, it’s going to knock
on his head alone.”
The Modakeke High Chief added: “When
they (Maigari’s NFF) came on board, sorry
to be personal, the technical committee
chairman called me to serve in one of
their committees. Later Maigari himself
called me and said same thing and I
accepted.
“But till now, no one has called me to say
I’m no longer in the committee.”
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