Football stakeholders in Lagos have faulted the Lagos State Football Association chairman, Fuad Oki, for violating the body’s rules and regulations and that of the Nigeria Football Federation.
The LSFA on Tuesday suspended Oki for gross misconduct by a simple majority of five to four after a quorum was formed in a meeting held at its office on Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos.
Video footage showed Oki hitting at a camera meant to cover the meeting, after he allegedly punched his vice chairman Liameed Gafar.
The board members accused Oki of not attending the NFF Congress in September with no excuse and without the knowledge of the LSFA board. He was also slammed for changing of the association’s logo without approval of the board and the congress.
He was also accused of preventing clubs in Lagos — participating in the Nigerian National League and the Nigeria Premier Football League — from streaming their home games on their respective social media platforms.
The stakeholders also slammed Oki for mandating clubs in the state competing in the NNL to pay a fee of N500,000 for access to the Mobolaji Johnson Arena among other costs for every home game while he also demanded N800,000 from clubs participating in the NPFL.
Speaking with our correspondent , Seyi Johnson, the General Manager of 1472 FC, an NNL club based in Lagos, said Oki’s assault on Gafar and his lack of football vision and drive had stalled the growth of the game in the state.
