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The
Ogun State Football Association (FA) yesterday elected a new executive
headed by Gani Majekodunmi and eight others to run the affairs of the
association for the next four years. The elections were held at Alake
Sports Centre, Ijeja, Abeokuta the state capital.

The new chairman
defeated former Green Eagles Captain, Segun Odegbami who had earlier
shunned the screening exercise of the electoral committee, held 24
hours before the election.

Though he did not file a letter of withdrawal, the former Nigerian international also did not attend the election yesterday.

The election was
conducted by the Kunle Oluwusi-led electoral committee and supervised
by national officers of the Nigeria Football Federation, as well as
stakeholders in the football administration and sports journalists.

The results

Majekodunmi won the
election by polling fifteen of the seventeen votes cast by accredited
delegates. In a similar vein, all other elected officers won the
election convincingly. They include; Nojimu Lasisi who was elected
Vice-Chairman after his opponent also failed to show up for screening.
Others include J.A Adeola, Lekan Monsuru, Akinwunmi Kolawole, Kolawole
Popoola, Johnson Oluwaseyi and Gbenga Segun, as members of the board of
the FA.

In his acceptance
speech, Majekodunmi who is a member of the National League Interim
management Committee said the new board will work tirelessly to develop
grassroots football through the creation of an in-depth scouting
network in the state, so as to source for talent within the state,
adding that training and re-training of all stakeholders will be given
proper attention.

“I want to assure
you that my committee would adhere strictly to the NFF status in all
respect as we are in a position to advise government in terms of policy
formulation that would assist football development in Ogun State and
Nigeria at large. I want to assure you all that collectively we will
move Ogun State forward,” he said.

New executives for Referees Council

The Ogun State
Football Referees Council has also elected new executive. They include;
Sunday Oladipo as Chairman, Oba Odunsi (Deputy Chairman), Lawrence
Babatunde(Vice-Chairman 1), Christopher Adu(Vice-Chairman 2), David
Olasore(General Secretary), Amos Alani(Assistant General Secretary).

Maigari’s warning

In a related
development, the NFF has warned the FAs of Imo and Yobe States to
conduct elections into it executive committee or risk sanctions.

Aminu Maigari, NFF
President speaking on Tuesday said that failure to conduct elections in
Imo State may attract sanctions to the top Nigeria Premier League Club,
Heartland FC of Owerri before the end of January. “There is no reason
why the elections should not hold. One or two states cannot hold the
entire nation to ransom. All the other states have concluded their
polls with only one or two who have already fixed date for their own
elections”.

Maigari further
said both states have been formally notified, “I have directed that
letters be sent to the FA of the two states as we are not going to be
condoning anymore excuses”.

Maigari said the issue of Yobe was different as they had conducted
elections before: “Yobe State claimed to have conducted their elections
but we found out they did not do this the proper way,” said Maigari. An
electoral committee headed by Kamar Abdulkadir had earlier conducted an
election in Damaturu on January 7 with Mohammed Sani Abdulrahman
emerging as winner. The elections were later voided when it was
discovered that they were not conducted according to the NFF statutes.