Club owners condemn police invasion of LMC office in Abuja

The Football Club Owners Association of Nigeria have described as unacceptable and uncalled for the reported invasion of the corporate headquarters of the League Management Company, LMC at Maitama in Abuja. The association in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Barr Isaac Danladi and the Executive Secretary, Chief Alloy Chukwuemeka said, the police invasion […]

The Football Club Owners Association of Nigeria have described as unacceptable and uncalled for the reported invasion of the corporate headquarters of the League Management Company, LMC at Maitama in Abuja.

The association in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Barr Isaac Danladi and the Executive Secretary, Chief Alloy Chukwuemeka said, the police invasion of the premises of the League organisers is an unlawful act in the eyes of Football statutes, rules and extant laws including the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Club owners maintained that the LMC was a creation of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) congress after all due process adhered to and incorporated with the Corporate Affairs Commission in line with CAC Act as well as endorsed by CAF and FIFA.

“No meaningful progress can strive in an atmosphere of rancour and football is not an exception”, it said.

“Again, for the avoidance of doubt and to correct the wrong impression that it was the club owners that sought for the dissolution of the LMC, our letter to the honourable minister only suggested how to move the league forward via football recognised “rules and norms”, it added.