FIFA To Ban Nigeria After Arrest Of NFF President

Federation International Football Association has threatened to ban Nigeria after the country’s NFF leader were removed from office and its president arrested on returning from the World Cup.

According to Al Jazeera, FIFA says Nigeria’s government must reinstate the federation’s executive committee by Tuesday or risk a ban.

FIFA says it has “taken note of the detention of NFF President Aminu Maigari carried out by representatives of the Department of the State Security Service”.

The turmoil follows Nigeria’s World Cup exit Monday when it lost 2-0 to France in the second round. After Nigeria’s 2010 World Cup exit, state President Goodluck Jonathan threatened to shut down the national team for two years before FIFA intervened.

A FIFA suspension bar teams and officials from international matches and meetings. – Al Jazeera