NFF rescues Afcon & U17 trophies
from burnt office building
The flames are said to have started from a spark in
the accountant’s office which quickly spread through
the building before it was eventually brought under
control
The Nigeria Football
Federation Abuja Secretariat
has declared that it was able
to rescue some of the
trophies won by the national
teams from its offices after a
blaze swept through the building on Wednesday
morning.
Among the trophies saved were the 2013 Africa Cup of
Nations trophy won in South Africa and the 2013 Fifa
U17 World Cup trophy won in the United Arab
Emirates.
However, thousands of records and financial
documents were lost in the flames which started
around 9:30am from a spark in the office of the
Accountant.
The fire according to the General Secretary Musa
Amadu emanated from the left wing of the third floor
of the NFF Secretariat.
The inferno burnt down all the documents in the
accountant’s office, swept through the office of the
general secretary and destroyed most of the
documents in the office and in the offices in the left
wing of the building.
Amadu described the incident thus: “I think the fire
may have started from a power upsurge that
happened at about that time. We tried as much as we
can, but it is quite unfortunate.
“I have assured you, we are going to reassess those
things that have got burnt, and those missing.
“We want to assure Nigerians that the job of the
Federation would not be affected in any way, we
would continue our normal duties until we get to the
root of the whole thing,” he said.
Amadu who was the on ground to salvage some of the
document in his office, said they were able to rescue
most of the trophies won by the country’s national
teams.
In his reaction on arrival at the Secretariat at about
11.45 am, NFF President Aminu Maigari gave thanks
to God that no lives were lost in the inferno.
“We are grateful to God Almighty that no lives were
lost in the fire incident, we are optimistic that we
would get over this incident, and I am sure that the
security agencies would step in immediately to
investigate what had happened,” Maigari told media.
Maigari only returned to work at the Glass House on
Monday after several months of intrigues which saw
him impeached by the board over allegations of fraud
but he was reinstated under the orders of Fifa.
Insinuations are rife that the fire might have been
caused in order to destroy documents as members of
the NFF board are still at loggerheads.
The problems in the NFF have seen contract
negotiations with coach Stephen Keshi stall with less
than three weeks to the Super Eagles’ opening pair of
Afcon 2015 qualifiers against Congo and South Africa.
There is an increasing likelihood that the national
team could be handled by a temporary coach before
an agreement is reached with Keshi who led them to
victory last year and took the team to the second
round at the World Cup in Brazil.

i dey vex

No pictures the nearly burnt AFCON Cup?

How am I supposed to believe that?

tijjanioyan: i dey vex

And you had to quote the whole post?

What are you over-dosing on?

op pishure or!

anyone care to wonder why these fires dey always start for the accountant office?

see toilets, parking stores, reception, power surge no reach there, na only accountant office

Haba, NFF na only u waka come

The aim n objective of the looters n cover up agenda has been achieved - to destroy VITAL infomation!

The mission isn't to destroy trophies, It is to destroy Evidences.