'Chris Giwa's main aim is to ensure we don't qualify for 2018 World Cup'- NFF President Amaju Pinnick alleges

FIFA recognized NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, has alleged that self-imposed NFF President Chris Giwa's main aim is that Nigeria does not qualify for the Russia 2018 World cup and that he and his supporters will not stop until that aim is achieved.

Giwa has since 2014 laid claim to the leadership of the NFF and on Friday forced his way into the office of the football federation, claiming he has a court order to take over the NFF.

Pinnick has now hit out at Giwa, saying he aims to sabotage Nigeria’s quest to qualify for a sixth World Cup.

“Giwa is a major distraction and their main aim, from A to Z,  is to ensure Nigeria do not qualify for the next World Cup after we promised Nigerians we will,” Pinnick said at a press conference in Abuja on Monday.

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“It’s a shame!”

“We cannot afford any distractions, not from anywhere. We have an objective of qualifying for Russia 2018 and that is not what we can negotiate. That is one of the reasons I am in the office today.' He continued, in quotes made available by theNFF.com. 

“The Board has to look at various areas of the preparation as we countenance the draw for the group phase of the series that is coming up on 24th June.”

The FIFA  World Cup qualifiers begin in October and will run till November 2017 while the draw for the qualifiers will be staged in Cairo, Egypt on the 24th of June.