The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has sealed off the house of Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) in Lagos.
According to The able, the clampdown on pinnick’s residence which is located inside Parkview estate in Ikoyi, a highbrow area of Lagos, is not unconnected over corruption allegations levelled against Pinnick.
Earlier on Friday, the commission sealed off the Abuja residence of Shehu Dikko, second vice-president of the NFF.
Rasheedat Okoduwa, ICPC spokesperson, had told TheCable that Dikko’s residence was sealed because he and some NFF executives were under investigation.
A ICPC insider said some top NFF officials are currently on the run over fear of possible arrest.
The source added that the commission is investigating how the officials converted money meant for the federation to personal use.
Pinnick, Seyi Akinwunmi, first vice-president of NFF, Dikko, Mohammed Sanusi, secretary general of NFF and Yusuf Fresh, a board member are expected to appear before a federal high court in Abuja on September 26, 2019, over diversion of FIFA grant reportedly running into billions of naira.