A former chieftain of the Nigeria Football Federation,
was on Wednesday, June 5, 2025, a guest of the Police Special Fraud Unit,
Ikoyi, Lagos, where he was made to answer questions from the police officers
investigating the non-completion of the Ugborodo FIFA Project in Delta State.
The former NFF President appearance before the
PSFU, was hinged on the petition forward to the anti-fraud unit by renowned
football activist and Chairman of PFAN’s BoT, Prince Harrison Jalla.
Jalla in the petition, is asking the PSFU to look into
the misappropriation of 10 million dollars meant for the construction of FIFA
Forward 1 and 2 projects located in Birnin Kebbi and Ugborodo, of Kebbi and
Delta States respectively.
It further alleged that the Nigeria Football
Federation under the leadership of Amaju Pinnick between 2014-2022 received a
total of $10m in tranches from 2017-2022 out which $3.2m was allocated to
Ugborodo and Birnin Kebbi projects in Delta and Kebbi states.
$1.1m was allocated to Ugborodo project and $1.2m,
allocated to the Kebbi project.
Jalla, while asking that the PSFU assist to
unravel the mystery surrounding the disbursement of FIFA 1&2 forward
projects, also alleged that other than the mini-stadium project in Kebbi state
and the uncompleted project at Ugborodo, there is nothing to show for the $10m
received by the NFF under Amaju Pinnick as President.
He added that the funds disbursed to the contractors
in Kebbi and Ugborodo were fraudulently subjected to $200,000 each as taxes.
FIFA as an international Non-government organisation
funds are not taxable anywhere in the world.
The petition is further asking the police special
fraud unit to investigate the following, Were the contractors adequately
funded? Why are the contractors struggling with the projects? Are the
contractors being owed? Why would the Birnin Kebbi project located in a dry
land receive more allocation than Ugborodo located in a riverine terrain and
what happened to the balance of $7.7m received from FIFA forward 1&2?
Jalla concluded the petition by requesting the PSFU to
investigate, recover the $200,000 fraudulent tax to the two contractors, as
well as, recover all diverted funds of the forward 1&2 projects for the
purpose of channeling back for sports facilities development for the benefits
of Nigeria youths.
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