A group of basketball stakeholders, sports journalists, and enthusiasts under the aegis of Friends of Nigeria Sports (FSN) have threatened to drag the Youth and Sports minister, Sunday Dare to court for his population decision to pull Nigeria out of international competitions for the next two years.

The group in a strong-worded release signed by its president, Dipreiye Thompson, described the minister’s two years ban as callous, retrogressive, and autocratic.

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“The decision to ban Nigeria from international basketball by Sunday Dare, is nothing but callous, autocratic and retrogressive. We consider his action as calculated attempt to destroy the impressive achievements of Engr Musa Kida led board in the last four years.

“We understand also that Sunday Dare is playing out the mischievous scripts of his friends, who are bent on preventing the return of Musa Kida in order to cover-up the past nefarious and fraudulent activities of the Tijani Umar’s board.

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“FNS has uncovered a litany of corrupt and fraudulent activities of Tijani Umar and we are equally aware of the desperation of Sunday Dare to protect these unwholesome acts,” it stated.

“We have therefore mobilise our lawyers to began legal proceedings against Sunday Dare on behalf of all concerned stakeholders in Nigeria sports because we consider the ban placed on basketball as a calculated action to stop the socio-economic development of the average sports-loving Nigerian youth,” it concluded