The entangled Nigeria Premier League Chairman, Victor Baribote has said he is not aware his NPL Board has been sacked, insisting club bosses are acting outside the League status.
Sixteen NPL Clubs met on Tuesday night in Abuja to dissolve the board of the Nigerian Premier League led by Baribote and appointed a six-man Interim Committee to run the Local League pending fresh elections to the board.
However Baribote stated on Wednesday that he is unaware of such a decision against his elected board. “I am not aware of any meeting. If the clubs plans to hold an emergency meeting, I as the Chairman of the League ought to be informed”, Baribote argued.
“And in any case, the League statutes do not support such a meeting”.
Officials of 18 of NPL clubs passed a vote of no confidence on the Baribote-led board, alleging among other things several breaches and violations of NPL status.
According to the Spokesman of the clubs, Fan Ndubuoke, the NPL congress slated to hold today inKanois illegal as none of the clubs were notified of this three months prior to the Congress as stipulated in the statutes.
The Hartland general manager also said that they got their powers to dissolve the NPL board from article 22 of the statutes after setting aside article 24, 25 and 26.
The Clubs therefore unanimously agreed for an Interim Committee led by Mike Idoko to now fix another Congress BEFORE December 10.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Football Federation(NFF) have called for an emergency meeting this Friday to resolve issues surrounding the NPL board and the clubs’ chairmen.
NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu Confirmed that latest development to press men.
One of the thrown out members of the Baribote led board, Alhaji Owolabi Agbaji Wopa rubbished the meeting held by the 18 clubs’ representatives at Dennis hotel,Abujaclaiming that the meeting was illegal. “It was an illegal meeting because they have no right to impeach us in a hotel room except in a Congress.
They said the League has no sponsor, are we the ones that caused the fight between Total promotions and Glo? Total promotions got the deal and Glo came in to stop it with a court case”. Wopa queried.
However, the clubs spokesman, Ndubuoke revealed that the interim board will meet by Monday to decide on the kick-off date and the sponsorship matter among other issues.
