Friday, May 31, 2013
NFF vice-president Mike Umeh faces money laundering charges
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) has arrested Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) Vice-President
Mr. Mike Umeh on Monday for Laudering charges.
The Nigerian anti-corruption
agency said Umeh is an alleged accomplice in a multi-million-dollar operation
involving a former governor of one of Nigeria's states.
"Mike Umeh is an accomplice in
the case of money laundering and misappropriation of public funds to the tune
of 15 billion Naira ($94.8m)" EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren told BBC
Sport.
"It's a case for which former
Governor Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State is standing trial."
Umeh, seen as one of the country's
most influential football figures, was arrested in Lagos on Monday and then
transferred to Sokoto, in North West Nigeria.
The top football official will
appear before Justice Bello Abass of the Sokoto high court on Tuesday.
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