Tundemuttee:


President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the prosecution of the President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, over an alleged multi-billion scam in the organisation.

It was also learnt that the Federal Government through the Presidential investigative panel headed by Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, had placed Pinnick on travel ban.

Our correspondent gathered on Saturday that Buhari gave the order for Pinnick’s prosecution when the Obono-Obla presented a preliminary investigation report to him.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission also addressed a report on the NFF to Mr President detailing the outcome of their investigations which tallied with what Obono-Obla’s panel had submitted to the President.

EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu had in his six-page report informed Buhari that the anti-graft agency had investigated and prosecuted the Director, Finance and Administration, Christopher Andekin; Head, Finance and Administration, NFF, Jafaru Mamzah and a cashier with the Finance and Administration department of the NFF, Rajan Zaka over an alleged financial scam in the football governing house in connection
with financial payments from Federation of International Football Associations and Confederation of African Football to NFF between 2014 and 2016.

But Buhari who was said to have been visibly angry over the alleged monumental scam ordered Pinnick to also be prosecuted. He directed Magu to embark on a wider investigation into the remittances to the
NFF between 2017 and 2018.

The president, who was reportedly shocked by the mind-boggling report and additional revelations directed Magu to ensure a comprehensive and discreet investigation with watertight and unassailable facts and
pieces of evidence that would nail the suspects at the court.

According to the EFCC preliminary report sighted by our correspondent, EFCC stated that it commenced full investigation into the finances of the NFF where it discovered that the domiciliary accounts of the NFF domiciled with Zenith Bank and UBA had received total inflow of $16,417,761 from FIFA and CAF between January, 2014 and June, 2016 as follows:

1. 18/12/2014 Zenith Bank, Ac No: 5070407456, $8,400,000 (FIFA); 23/01/2015, Zenith Bank, Ac No: 5070407456, $450,000 (FIFA); 25/03/2015, Zenith Bank, Ac No: 5070407456, $1,081,000 (CAF); 13/10/2015 Zenith Bank, Ac No: 5070407456, $3000 (CAF); 12/01/2014, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $1,500,000 (FIFA); 15/01/2014 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $1,746,745 (CAF); 19/03/2014 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $249,950 (CAF); 12/12/2014 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $301,467 (FIFA);14/05/2015 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $30,000 (FIFA); 31/07/2015 UBA, Ac
No: 3000004944, $315,149 (FIFA); 14/08/2015, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $399,000 (FIFA); 11/09/2015 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $300,000 (FIFA); 16/10/2015, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $850,149 (FIFA); 18/11/2015, UBA,
Ac No: 3000004944, $2,990 (CAF); 12/02/2016, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $79,540 (FIFA); 15/03/2016, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $299,000, (CAF); 22/06/2016 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $9,930 (CAF).

Magu in the report also informed Buhari that investigation into the case had been concluded. He added that Christopher Andekin; Head, Finance and Administration, NFF, Jafaru Mamzah and a cashier with the Finance and Administration department of NFF, Rajan Zaka were indicted and arraigned on October 15, 2018 before Justice P.O. Affem of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, No 19 Maitama Abuja on five criminal charges of conspiracy and criminal breach of trust by a public officer.

The EFCC’s boss further informed Buhari that the commission also received another petition dated April 24, 2016 captioned ‘Monumental stealing and financial crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation’, from James Peters of Amal Pepple Estate, Abuja.

He stated that in the course of investigation, the Minister (Sports) forwarded to the commission, documents in support of the petition revealing sponsorship deals amounting to N1.14bn and $1.55m via his letter No. HMY &SP/003/2018/55 dates August 7, 2018.

Magu said, “Investigation into this petition has so far established that the NFF has sponsorship deals with 21 corporate organisation. The investigation further revealed that between 2008 and 2018, 11 out of the 21 corporate organisations made sponsorship payment of N5,288,990,000 and $1,550,000 to NFF as against the amounted stated in the ministers’ letter under reference above.

“One of the companies appointed as financial consultant to the NFF is owned by the 2nd Vice President of the NFF in person of Alhaji Shehu Dikko. The audit trail of the funds and its utilisation is currently ongoing with a view to prosecuting anyone found culpable of any offence.”

https://all-gists..com/2019/01/just-in-buhari-orders-prosecution-of-pinnick-over-nff-multi-billion-alleged-fraud.html

Amaju pinnick is a confirmed criminal am not surprised at all with all these revelations we all know how he bribed his way to become the nff president with the help of the former governor of delta state uduagan.Go to warri and see the substandard stadium he built after collecting billions from the state government he deserved to be jailed.

Ijaya123:


This is mere speculations. Till it happens...

Then what exactly is going on with d gandollar issue?

You don't want to be in Nigeria but Your Leaders are destroying Nigeria for us and You together can't you see Your Leaders are thieves ? and your real problem, I am very sure Na him and Nnamdi Kanu Share the Money

bayulll011:


U re d one getting it wrong.
Kano assembly was investigating hin,Gandollar went to get injection to stop him being investigated,prosecuted and as such got the retraining order.

If u re angry at anything,be angry with those that formulate those laws,its a sorry state cos the law only favor d rich in this country

D law doesn't stop EFCC from investigating ganduje

theoldpretender:


Hopefully they can't, but if FIFA thinks it is government interference, a ban might be likely

See this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case

Deathstroke00:
Carry on our able president, No hiding place for criminals

We will move to the next level of no nonsense with u sir

But Gandollar is being protected in broad day light

lexy2014:


Then what exactly is going on with d gandollar issue?

This Amaju Pinnick Issues, You are supporting your tribesmen for stealing but if it is other tribes you will accuse them of destroying Nigeria when that is all your leaders do, I don't think i have an idea about what Any igbo leadership has bring to this country but it is other tribes faults as Usual and business as usual

Amsju fall my hand. Gave that bigot a chance to rubbish him.
Why must you steal? I hope your jail term is very long.


BTW, buhari is visible angry only in specific corruption cases.

He is usually not visible angry when it involves those close to him of northern origin.
He is not visibly angry at babachrir lawal, Abba kyari, isa funtua.

He was not visibly angry at gandollar, but instead went to Paris to praise him as a responsible governor right at the heat of the scandal.

But here is a southerner, he is visibly angry enough to order an investigation.

Con man.

Olawalesmarter:



This Amaju Pinnick Issues, You are supporting your tribesmen for stealing but if it is other tribes you will accuse them of destroying Nigeria when that is all your leaders do, I don't think i have an idea about what Any igbo leadership has bring to this country but it is other tribes faults as Usual and business as usual

Amaju is not igbo.

Don't call igbo again, you ignorant Yoruba child.

Olawalesmarter:



This Amaju Pinnick Issues, You are supporting your tribesmen for stealing but if it is other tribes you will accuse them of destroying Nigeria when that is all your leaders do, I don't think i have an idea about what Any igbo leadership has bring to this country but it is other tribes faults as Usual and business as usual

Oga this is d question I asked:

"Then what exactly is going on with d gandollar issue?"

How does it relate with everything u have written above? A pure simple question, yet u are crapping out a lot of irrelevant information. Do u even no were amaju pinnick is from? How has it got 2do with what igbos want? Who do u no are my leaders? Pls next time, work on ur punctuation & grammar

Olawalesmarter:
I Wonder why Igbos always bring tribalism into Every thing, They always cry fowl when their tribeman is being punish or prosecute for something he is guilty off, Why can't you direct all the hate on your tribeman that's part of this country problem and leave Buhari and his Northmen alone to face their own problem ? Must you bring tribalism into everything? It is not like he is falsely accuse, That's how they will finish Biafra Oil Money and Treasury Goodluck thief his own and his Wife too

Stupid Yoruba coward, get little education, afonjamudeen.

Pinnick is not Igbo. Anyone not yoloba or Hausa is Igbo to you cone headed tribalists.

Nkita lachakwa gi Anya. Akpa amu

I won't be surprised if he's indicted. I've always suspected him.

omohayek:
All this report shows is that Nigeria completely lacks any semblance of judicial independence. It should not be in the power of the President - any President, not just Buhari - to "order" a branch of the government to prosecute (or refrain from prosecuting) anybody whatsoever. There is a manifest conflict of interest there which any properly functioning system of governance will bend over backwards to avoid.

The violation of this very principle of keeping the legal system at arm's length from the presidency is why US President Richard Nixon had to resign from office before being impeached (after the Saturday Night Massacre when he tried to stop the Watergate investigation), it is the reason why former Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from anything to do with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, and it is the exact same reason why US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller as Special Counsel to investigate Trump - the sitting President of the United States - for obstruction of justice after Trump fired FBI chief Jim Comey. None of this would have been possible in a banana republic like Nigeria, where it's up to the President to decide who gets prioritized for investigation and who doesn't.

While I'm not singling out Buhari for blame here - the structural issues at work were already in place well before he came to office - what I do blame him for (as well as those who criticize him) is his inability to see that the problem with corruption of justice in Nigeria is a systemic one: it's not enough for Buhari's haters to claim he is the devil while GEJ was (allegedly) a Nigerian Nelson Mandela if they can't see that the problem is his having any discretion or influence over the legal process at all. Similarly, no number of prosecutions or EFCC investigations under Buhari will ever make a difference in the long run if the decision to investigate and/or prosecute remains so highly politicized. The only lesson the investigated and prosecuted will learn under such a system is that they better make sure not to lose any future elections, even if that requires massive rigging and voter intimidation.

In short, all of you who have responded to this story so far have missed the wood for the trees: an even bigger scandal than that involving the NFF is how a President has any say at all in the legal process around the purported fraud.

Not only the President, It is the whole people in Government they are being given too much power or ability to do like they like when in Government i just don't understand Nigeria System. You can not Prosecute or Investigate a Governor or President when in power even if he is stealing Billions , i think the Whole system is Corrupts and they will never change it because it favour them, they even designed the System to favour them in the first Place, They designed the system to favour only those in Government

AngelicBeing:
Hian

Lol

Mowoe:
Nice one from Bubu and EFCC if this is correct. But Bubu, I'm sorry to bother you at a time like this; Gandollar nkor, when are you going to give orders his prosecution?


Beautiful! Are you saying that if Buhari is re-elected President and Gandollar loses his re-election, Bubu would order his arrest and prosecution? Because that's seemingly unlikely to happen

thats your tot. buhari will jail his wife if she is found guilty

segunaremu6gma:
quality suits from turkey...shipped to your location....

Proof!!

Arysexy:


Stupid Yoruba coward, get little education, afonjamudeen.

Pinnick is not Igbo. Anyone not yoloba or Hausa is Igbo to you cone headed tribalists.

Nkita lachakwa gi Anya. Akpa amu

He is not Igbo but he is from the south, and you would have said the same things even if he was Igbo, nothing change the fact that you are tribalists ..... I remembered when we dragged Olamide, Wizkid, and Davido about Something but when someone just commented Phyno didn't have a good year, You all bring tribalism to it when the person was just expressing is own opinion, he didn't even mention Igbo and He wasn't Yoruba or Hausa, but typical Igbo they want everything and everyone to favour them even if they do not favour themselves

omohayek:
All this report shows is that Nigeria completely lacks any semblance of judicial independence. It should not be in the power of the President - any President, not just Buhari - to "order" a branch of the government to prosecute (or refrain from prosecuting) anybody whatsoever. There is a manifest conflict of interest there which any properly functioning system of governance will bend over backwards to avoid.

The violation of this very principle of keeping the legal system at arm's length from the presidency is why US President Richard Nixon had to resign from office before being impeached (after the Saturday Night Massacre when he tried to stop the Watergate investigation), it is the reason why former Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from anything to do with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, and it is the exact same reason why US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller as Special Counsel to investigate Trump - the sitting President of the United States - for obstruction of justice after Trump fired FBI chief Jim Comey. None of this would have been possible in a banana republic like Nigeria, where it's up to the President to decide who gets prioritized for investigation and who doesn't.

While I'm not singling out Buhari for blame here - the structural issues at work were already in place well before he came to office - what I do blame him for (as well as those who criticize him) is his inability to see that the problem with corruption of justice in Nigeria is a systemic one: it's not enough for Buhari's haters to claim he is the devil while GEJ was (allegedly) a Nigerian Nelson Mandela if they can't see that the problem is his having any discretion or influence over the legal process at all. Similarly, no number of prosecutions or EFCC investigations under Buhari will ever make a difference in the long run if the decision to investigate and/or prosecute remains so highly politicized. The only lesson the investigated and prosecuted will learn under such a system is that they better make sure not to lose any future elections, even if that requires massive rigging and voter intimidation.

In short, all of you who have responded to this story so far have missed the wood for the trees: an even bigger scandal than that involving the NFF is how a President has any say at all in the legal process around the purported fraud.

Nice examples but you are wrong - the nff board is the only thing that is elected, the other structures from director of administration to other offices/officers all fall under the purview of the federal civil service- what this means is apart from the board members, most of the daily running and staff, are all civil servants
2. Nff do not have a separate account or an account which is different from the Nigerian govt, that's why when you want to pay for certain things associated with nff - you have to pay using remita - you can just Google remita and try it
3. The person that signs for money from the cbn account being a civil servant has implicated the elective board
finally, the difference between the nff board and a governor is separation of powers- federal is federal - state is state- nff is a agency created by the act of parliament, under the federal structure - thou they are supposed to be independent in their activities (very complex nonsense bah?)

omohayek:
All this report shows is that Nigeria completely lacks any semblance of judicial independence. It should not be in the power of the President - any President, not just Buhari - to "order" a branch of the government to prosecute (or refrain from prosecuting) anybody whatsoever. There is a manifest conflict of interest there which any properly functioning system of governance will bend over backwards to avoid.

The violation of this very principle of keeping the legal system at arm's length from the presidency is why US President Richard Nixon had to resign from office before being impeached (after the Saturday Night Massacre when he tried to stop the Watergate investigation), it is the reason why former Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from anything to do with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, and it is the exact same reason why US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller as Special Counsel to investigate Trump - the sitting President of the United States - for obstruction of justice after Trump fired FBI chief Jim Comey. None of this would have been possible in a banana republic like Nigeria, where it's up to the President to decide who gets prioritized for investigation and who doesn't.

While I'm not singling out Buhari for blame here - the structural issues at work were already in place well before he came to office - what I do blame him for (as well as those who criticize him) is his inability to see that the problem with corruption of justice in Nigeria is a systemic one: it's not enough for Buhari's haters to claim he is the devil while GEJ was (allegedly) a Nigerian Nelson Mandela if they can't see that the problem is his having any discretion or influence over the legal process at all. Similarly, no number of prosecutions or EFCC investigations under Buhari will ever make a difference in the long run if the decision to investigate and/or prosecute remains so highly politicized. The only lesson the investigated and prosecuted will learn under such a system is that they better make sure not to lose any future elections, even if that requires massive rigging and voter intimidation.

In short, all of you who have responded to this story so far have missed the wood for the trees: an even bigger scandal than that involving the NFF is how a President has any say at all in the legal process around the purported fraud.

Brilliant! Your analysis is top-notch, bro!

lexy2014:


Oga this is d question I asked:

"Then what exactly is going on with d gandollar issue?"

How does it relate with everything u have written above? A pure simple question, yet u are crapping out a lot of irrelevant information. Do u even no were amaju pinnick is from? How has it got 2do with what igbos want? Who do u no are my leaders? Pls next time, work on ur punctuation & grammar

I wrote what i commented fast and that was what make it full of errors. I was annoyed about the fact that you are talking about someone else issues, He is corrupt so deal with it

PointZerom:


Why can't you give such order against Babachir Lawal?

Olawalesmarter:


I wrote what i commented fast and that was what make it full of errors. I was annoyed about the fact that you are talking about someone else issues, He is corrupt so deal with it

Y will u b annoyed? Is d question i asked going 2 stop u from achieving ur goals in 2019? I made an enquiry about a similar issue. Have I committed any crime by so doing?

Since u are now calm, kindly take ur time to address some of d issues u raised:

"How does it(my question about ganduje) relate with everything u have written above(that is, ur earlier post)? A pure simple question, yet u are crapping out a lot of irrelevant information. Do u even no were amaju pinnick is from? How has it got 2do with what igbos want? Who do u no are my leaders?"

Just heard Pinnic on radio, he said the news is false and that no travel ban on him.

Berated the news media that carried the news

Exonerated the president and said we're more civilized than before.

Said it's a case of bad belle (Dalung/Chris Giwa) though didn't mention these names.

Source : brilafm

What about Babachir and Ganduje? Them get two heads? Oloriburuku of a president. I was once your staunch supporter but you never fail to disappoint. Nepotistic sadist! Sowore is coming to root you out.

he should face firing squard. sorry he has no god father like babachir lawal, baru, adeosun, kyari, maina, shittu.

NONSENSE!!! I JUST LISTENED TO EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ON BRILLA FM. NO SUCH THING LIKE BAN AND ACCORDING TO HIM, THEY HAVE PUBLISHED THEIR AUDIT REPORT AND NO ONE INVITED HIM.

The cash there came from FIFA and caf .efcc can not investigates it.FIFA and caf will handle that.

Good move. But i wonder why EFCC have not investigated Ganduje, Babachir Lawal. Could it be because Pinnick is a southerner and probably they are looking for a way to install someone from their evil Islamic cabal? We are watching!

The real question is if our institutions are working properly what has this got to do with the President?

Hit like, if u skip the new like me.

PointZerom:


Why can't you give such order against Babachir Lawal?

Don't mind them, them no dey hear word. They just want to pave way for Giwa to head NFF. If not, why not petition FIFA first before arriving at whatever conclusion you wanna conclude?

I read the whole thing sef and I no see the scam whey them say Pinnick commit. They have forgetten that NFF is under FIFA's jurisdiction and has nothing to do with government.

Let them touch Amaju Pinnick first, 200yrs ban from FIFA loading.....

Tundemuttee:


President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the prosecution of the President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, over an alleged multi-billion scam in the organisation.

It was also learnt that the Federal Government through the Presidential investigative panel headed by Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, had placed Pinnick on travel ban.

Our correspondent gathered on Saturday that Buhari gave the order for Pinnick’s prosecution when the Obono-Obla presented a preliminary investigation report to him.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission also addressed a report on the NFF to Mr President detailing the outcome of their investigations which tallied with what Obono-Obla’s panel had submitted to the President.

EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu had in his six-page report informed Buhari that the anti-graft agency had investigated and prosecuted the Director, Finance and Administration, Christopher Andekin; Head, Finance and Administration, NFF, Jafaru Mamzah and a cashier with the Finance and Administration department of the NFF, Rajan Zaka over an alleged financial scam in the football governing house in connection
with financial payments from Federation of International Football Associations and Confederation of African Football to NFF between 2014 and 2016.

But Buhari who was said to have been visibly angry over the alleged monumental scam ordered Pinnick to also be prosecuted. He directed Magu to embark on a wider investigation into the remittances to the
NFF between 2017 and 2018.

The president, who was reportedly shocked by the mind-boggling report and additional revelations directed Magu to ensure a comprehensive and discreet investigation with watertight and unassailable facts and
pieces of evidence that would nail the suspects at the court.

According to the EFCC preliminary report sighted by our correspondent, EFCC stated that it commenced full investigation into the finances of the NFF where it discovered that the domiciliary accounts of the NFF domiciled with Zenith Bank and UBA had received total inflow of $16,417,761 from FIFA and CAF between January, 2014 and June, 2016 as follows:

1. 18/12/2014 Zenith Bank, Ac No: 5070407456, $8,400,000 (FIFA); 23/01/2015, Zenith Bank, Ac No: 5070407456, $450,000 (FIFA); 25/03/2015, Zenith Bank, Ac No: 5070407456, $1,081,000 (CAF); 13/10/2015 Zenith Bank, Ac No: 5070407456, $3000 (CAF); 12/01/2014, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $1,500,000 (FIFA); 15/01/2014 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $1,746,745 (CAF); 19/03/2014 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $249,950 (CAF); 12/12/2014 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $301,467 (FIFA);14/05/2015 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $30,000 (FIFA); 31/07/2015 UBA, Ac
No: 3000004944, $315,149 (FIFA); 14/08/2015, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $399,000 (FIFA); 11/09/2015 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $300,000 (FIFA); 16/10/2015, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $850,149 (FIFA); 18/11/2015, UBA,
Ac No: 3000004944, $2,990 (CAF); 12/02/2016, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $79,540 (FIFA); 15/03/2016, UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $299,000, (CAF); 22/06/2016 UBA, Ac No: 3000004944, $9,930 (CAF).

Magu in the report also informed Buhari that investigation into the case had been concluded. He added that Christopher Andekin; Head, Finance and Administration, NFF, Jafaru Mamzah and a cashier with the Finance and Administration department of NFF, Rajan Zaka were indicted and arraigned on October 15, 2018 before Justice P.O. Affem of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, No 19 Maitama Abuja on five criminal charges of conspiracy and criminal breach of trust by a public officer.

The EFCC’s boss further informed Buhari that the commission also received another petition dated April 24, 2016 captioned ‘Monumental stealing and financial crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation’, from James Peters of Amal Pepple Estate, Abuja.

He stated that in the course of investigation, the Minister (Sports) forwarded to the commission, documents in support of the petition revealing sponsorship deals amounting to N1.14bn and $1.55m via his letter No. HMY &SP/003/2018/55 dates August 7, 2018.

Magu said, “Investigation into this petition has so far established that the NFF has sponsorship deals with 21 corporate organisation. The investigation further revealed that between 2008 and 2018, 11 out of the 21 corporate organisations made sponsorship payment of N5,288,990,000 and $1,550,000 to NFF as against the amounted stated in the ministers’ letter under reference above.

“One of the companies appointed as financial consultant to the NFF is owned by the 2nd Vice President of the NFF in person of Alhaji Shehu Dikko. The audit trail of the funds and its utilisation is currently ongoing with a view to prosecuting anyone found culpable of any offence.”

https://all-gists..com/2019/01/just-in-buhari-orders-prosecution-of-pinnick-over-nff-multi-billion-alleged-fraud.html

That's why you see Zenith Bank and UBA getting fat � everyday without struggle for customer. Alot money in their Account.