Warri Wolves to Storm Zurich With 10 Lawyers Over Mba

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, March 10th, 2013

Rangers Officials Lobby Abuja Politicians, Lawmakers

THE football career of Super Eagles striker, Sunday Mba, may be heading for the rocks, if moves by officials of Warri Wolves to storm FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich with large number of lawyers is allowed to see the light of day.

The special panel set up by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to resolve the ownership of Mba between Warri Wolves and Rangers of Enugu refused to make a public pronouncement on Thursday, though there were indications that the committee’s report favours Warri Wolves.

An official of Warri Wolves told The Guardian on phone Saturday as he prepared to jet out of the country to Zurich that the club would go to any length to get justices as far as the ownership battle on Mba was concerned.

He hinted that the club had already secured the services of not less than 10 lawyers in readiness for the case in Zurich, if alleged underground moves by officials of Rangers to lobby high placed politicians and lawmakers in Abuja to ‘arm twist’ the NFF to ‘doctor’ the panel report, scale through.

“We got a report that Rangers officials and top government officials in Enugu are moving from the house of one politician to another in Abuja over this issue and we won’t allow them to have their way. If by Monday the panel comes up with a report that is not favourable to us, then we move to Zurich. I am sure that is what Sunday Mba wants for his career now,” the official said.

Another official of Warri Wolves said Saturday that they were waiting for public apology from Mba and Rangers to Warri Wolves and people of Delta State. “If they do that, then, we can sit down and talk. But then, Rangers must be ready to accept that Warri Wolves hold the global brand on Mba. It is so bad that Mba could allow people to deceive him. Rangers is not disputing the ownership of goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim, yet the club went ahead to unveil him with a new contract few days ago, which is contrary to Article 17.3 and 17.5 of FIFA. Maybe, this move to FIFA will help to streamline things in our local league. Just last week, one football agent (name withheld) came to us to plead that we should give him the mandate to sell Mba but we refused. He quickly went to Enugu to deceive the management of Rangers that he would get a better offer for them. It is shameful that Rangers is not considering what will happen to Mba’s career at the end of the day,” he stated.wp_posts