Sports Mike Umeh denies an emergency meeting calling for Maigari's reinstatement

[Babalola Oluwatomiwa]

The Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) have denied reports that it held an Emergency Congress on Thursday where some of the voting members of the Congress rejected the impeachment of Aminu Maigari.

Umeh currently the Acting President of the NFF said that the body has communicated to all stakeholders on the 30th of July, 2014 that the emergency meeting which was scheduled for the 31st of July, 2014 has been postponed.

"The NFF Executive Committee rose from its meeting of Wednesday, 30th July to say that the emergency Congress had been postponed, and duly apologized to members of the Congress, while stating that the Congress would hold at a later date," Chief Mike Umeh, NFF Acting President, said in Abuja on Thursday evening.

"There was no Congress at all, and we urge Nigerians to ignore the so –called decisions contained in the document. A properly –constituted NFF Congress would be convoked at a date to be made known to the public soon.

"Whoever is instigating these persons does not love Nigeria and should be advised to stop," he added.