Contrary to rumours making the round, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has not endorsed any aspirant for the forthcoming elections of the Nigeria Football Federation,.
The Sultan of Sokoto reportedly gave his support to one of the candidates running for elections to become the next President of the NFF during a visit last week.
But authoritative sources from the Palace of the Sultan of Sokoto yesterday denied such spurious claims, adding the Sultan of Sokoto has not and will not endorse anybody in the forthcoming NFF elections.
As a policy, the Sultan welcomes all Nigerians and foreigners alike and indeed all men and women of goodwill who come to pay home and seek his blessings but does not endorse candidates involved in a political contest for office be it football or social circles,” the impeccable source noted.
Ace broadcaster and the Kogunan Sokoto, Dr Danladi Bako, also responded on the issue at the weekend, adding the Sultan is a father figure to all Nigerians hence would not favour anybody as far as elections are involved at any level.
Bako said: “The Sultan does not get involved in elections of any sort. Be it political, social or traditional office, neither does he have preferred nor favoured candidate. People do a lot of name – dropping to mislead the public.”
As the NFF Presidential elections draws closer, desperation is setting as some contestants are hell bent to disregard the Federal Government directives that the NFF Congress should have the final say.
It will be recalled that only at the weekend the Ministry of Sports again stated that it was watching with keen interest the lack of activity in the NFF which does not suggest any plan to stage an election in September 2022.
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