There are allegations that the President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC,) Engr. Habu Gumel is engaging name- dropping tactics to cow the 38 delegates in Thursday’s NOC election in Jallingo,Taraba State.
This tactics according to one of the Federation’s President, is being executed by their colleague who is a retired staff of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development.
The Federation President who spoke under the condition of anonymity claimed “Engr Gumel’s last option is to use a former staff of the ministry, who is now a President in one of the Federations to reach out and tell delegates that Engr. Gumel is the Sports Minister’s candidate. We had several meetings in Asaba after one of the top sports administrator in Delta state took some of us on a binge, as this plan was the last option on the table.”
When asked if the Sports MinisterMr. Sunday Dare has endorsed Engr. Gumel, the source said,”the Sports Minister has been neutral and apolitical, as the efforts made by Engr. Gumel to meet the minister on this election has not yielded any fruitful result.
The top Delta State sports administrator is the one sponsoring the return of Engr. Gumel, and he has mandated the retired Sports Ministry staff to “deliver Engr. Gumel at all cost.”
From our investigation, majority of the federation presidents have frowned at this new development and vowed to resist every attempt to force Engr. Gumel on them.
2022 NOC Election: Engr Gumel Alleged Name-Dropping Plot Exposed
