In the viral video, Gafar was heard lamenting the assault meted to him by the suspended Chairman.
The Lagos State Football Association Chairman, Fouad Oki, has been captured in a viral video where he slapped his vice chairman, Olawale Gafar.
In the viral video, Gafar was heard lamenting the assault meted to him by the suspended Chairman.
He said, “It’s over, sir. We can’t take this anymore. You slapped me. Chairman, you slapped me and punched me in my throat. I’ll take anything for football.
“I’m taking this stand for football. This is our destiny; this is our lives. The oppression is over, and the board is suspending you unanimously.”
It was gathered that the decision to suspend Fouad Oki was reached by a 5-4 majority vote during a meeting held at the Secretariat in Surulere on Tuesday, October 17 for gross misconduct by a simple majority vote.
At the meeting held at the LSFA office on Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos, Oki was alleged to have “committed, among other things, offences which violates against the rules and regulations of the Nigeria Football Federation.”
The embattled FA boss was accused of “not attending the NFF Congress with no excuse and without the knowledge of the LSFA Board, changing of the association logo without approval of the board and the congress, denying the Nigerian Professional League A1 Camera delegates access to test-run the A1 camera prior to the commencement of the league, and total disregard to NFF instructions on NPFL rules and regulations regarding branding and streaming of matches by our affiliate (Sporting Lagos FC).”
Oki was also alleged to have “released the 2023/24 NNL SEASON – MATCH DAY LOGISTICS to NNL clubs without the knowledge of the board, delayed and stopped several youth tournaments and recreational football, threatening teams to move out of Lagos and initiating independence of LSFA outside of the authority of the NFF.”
