Travel Ban: My Lawyers Are At Work - Pinnick

Travel Ban: My Lawyers Are At Work - Pinnick

• We will be in court soon NFF official

By Niyi Busari

President, Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has dismissed the report that he has been banned from travelling out of the country describing the allegation as a ruse, BSN Sports reports.

He added that he has informed his lawyers to defend him in court over the ban from traveling out of the country.

"Amaju says his lawyers are at work. He just returned from Ghana and will be going to Senegal soon, so issue of travel ban is a ruse, " says Charles Anazodo.

Pinnick who was in Ghana when the news of his travel ban broke in Nigeria boasted to tackle the issue headlong when he returns back to the country on Monday.

www.bsnsports.com.ng had reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved travel ban on Amaju Pinnick which has generated a lot of controversy in the country.

A top NFF official who spoke to www.bsnsports.com.ng on condition of anonymity revealed that the federation is aware of the travel ban and will soon be in court.

"I am aware of the travel ban and we will soon be in court."

Amaju Pinnick boasted that he will travel to Senegal for the CAF awards soon and that will confirm to Nigerians that it is just a mere allegation.