Proprietor of Dodan Warriors Basketball Club, Col Sam Ahmedu (rtd)
has vowed to fight with the last drop of his blood to ensure that the
cocktail of lies that saw him excluded from the elections into the
Basketball Federation by the National Sports Commission is reversed.
The passionate Basketball afficionado was dropped at the last minute from contesting the election on allegations that he was not holding an elective position in FIBA.
Ahmedu, however, swore at the weekend that “there will be no rest for the wicked until the truth is told on why he was excluded from the election”.
“They told lies that I was not holding an elective position but yet they have a letter written by FIBA stating that I hold elective position as President of the FIBA Africa Council of Marketing, Member of the FIBA Africa Central Board since 1997. I am going to take the case to the highest level to ensure that justice is done.
I will go to the Court of Arbitration and I am not ruling out a court process”, Ahmedu who was livid with rage said.
He accused the National Sports Commission of not living above board but stressed that he would go all the way to get justice. “We’re unhappy but not frustrated”, he added.
Also speaking, Chairman of Lagos State Basketball Association, Babs Ogunade who is an elected member of the NBBF Board said that though elected through the zones, he was fighting a fractured electoral process.
“If the Ministry didnt want us to vote properly, they should not have given us guidelines. Our fight is not against any individual but against a flawed process and also to save the game of Basketball”, Ogunade said.
The passionate Basketball afficionado was dropped at the last minute from contesting the election on allegations that he was not holding an elective position in FIBA.
Ahmedu, however, swore at the weekend that “there will be no rest for the wicked until the truth is told on why he was excluded from the election”.
“They told lies that I was not holding an elective position but yet they have a letter written by FIBA stating that I hold elective position as President of the FIBA Africa Council of Marketing, Member of the FIBA Africa Central Board since 1997. I am going to take the case to the highest level to ensure that justice is done.
I will go to the Court of Arbitration and I am not ruling out a court process”, Ahmedu who was livid with rage said.
He accused the National Sports Commission of not living above board but stressed that he would go all the way to get justice. “We’re unhappy but not frustrated”, he added.
Also speaking, Chairman of Lagos State Basketball Association, Babs Ogunade who is an elected member of the NBBF Board said that though elected through the zones, he was fighting a fractured electoral process.
“If the Ministry didnt want us to vote properly, they should not have given us guidelines. Our fight is not against any individual but against a flawed process and also to save the game of Basketball”, Ogunade said.
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