Nigerian Football
NFF PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT’S CLUB THROWN OUT OF THE LEAGUE!
Bimo FC of Lafia, the amateur club owned by Chinedu Okoye, one of the four contestants for in Thursday’s NFF presidential elections, has been thrown out of the Nigerian league.
Bimo FC of Lafia reportedly said it would boycott the remaining matches of the Nigeria National League (NNL) season pending the determination of its petition to FIFA and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on poor officiating in the league.
It carried out the threat and had boycotted three consecutive league matches. It is not clear what effect the sanction will have on the club’s proprietor’s fortunes in the NFF election on Thursday.