10/07/2025
Report reaching Palm Media Services has it Abakaliki football club has a total of 40 players while only 29 of them were officially allowed to be registered for the Presidential FA cup.
The report went ahead to clarify that Governor Nwifuru asked to know the number of players that went for the Presidential FA cup and the handlers of the club told him 34 players as against 29.
Consequent upon the foregoing, the Governor graciously approved the sum of ₦34 million.
In the long run, the handlers gave the 29 players 1 million naira each, and to the remaining 11 players, they gave ₦100,000 each thus raising questions about the whereabouts of the remaining ₦3.9 million. A further clarification has it that the players are yet to be paid their June salary.
On the other hand, the sum of 4 million naira was said to have been released by the governor to Mr Maurice Mbam also known as Aguinyi for the Abakaliki FC Fans Club which he ended up sharing with the below formula:
1. Lagos Agberos= 1 million naira
2. Ebonyi State House of Assembly fans= 1 million
3. Abakaliki FC Fans Club (Real fans)= 1 million naira with each recipient going home with ₦20,000, and
4. Abakaliki FC Fans (Lagos Branch)= 1 million naira thus raising the concerns about the importance and imparts of the so called Lagos Agberos to the club.
In view of the foregoing, it's high time the Governor asks for accountability. It's high time he followed the spending of the approved money to the letter.
