NFF elections 2018: Maigari in certificate forgery scandal
Aminu Maigari, a contender in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) presidential election, has been accused of certificate forgery.
According to a statement signed by the chairman of the NFF electoral committee, Mohammed Sani Katu, the clearance issued to Maigari to vie for the NFF presidency has been withdrawn and substituted with a “provisional clearance”.
According to Katu, there are discrepancies in the certificates submitted by Maigari and the committee has received two petitions against him.
The petitions, filed by Chuma Onye and Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe, are dated September 14 and September 17 respectively.
Sequel to receipt of the petitions, the electoral committee said it asked Maigari to defend himself by producing original documents of the Grade Three certificates that he submitted.
“However, as at the 18th of September, 2018, Alhaji Aminu Maigari failed to produce the original document,” Katu said.
The election into the NFF board will take place on Thursday in Katsina state.
