FALLOUT OF NFF ELECTION - How Lagos Schemed Out Lagos
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Dare Joseph Lots of people present at the venue of the Nigeria football federation election held last Friday in Benin City, Edo State were shocked with an open display of hatred and enmity by Lagos contingent at elective congress. The cosmetic display of friendliness among them were thrown out of the window during the south west election into the board. During the election which was the last in the order of the election of delegates, observers, media men and other football stakeholders were surprised when the leadership of Lagos State FA were seen openly canvassing for votes for another candidate against the only Lagosian left in the race after the Lagos State FA chairman has lost the presidential ticket earlier in the election. A concerned football stakeholder at the venue, Abubakar Umar from Nasarawa State expressed his disappointment in the leadership of Lagos FA. Speaking after the election, "I think we all agreed that football is a unifier but with what I saw during the...