Naija News: Sani Toro Former NFA Secretary General Kidnapped

Hon. Ahmed Sani Toro, a former Secretary-General of the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA), has been kidnapped by gunmen.

iexclusivenews reports that Mr Sani Toro was reportedly kidnapped last night on Abuja-Jos road. Along with a former Golden Eaglets assistant coach, Garba Iliya.

According to this online news agency, both men were believed to be returning to Bauchi after attending the wedding of the son of a former NFF president, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, in Abuja on Friday.

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iexclusivenews Nigeria reports that a football stakeholder in Bauch State who is a close acquaintance of the abductees claims that those who kidnapped them have yet to contact their families..

He said, “It is true they were abducted close to Ryom in Plateau State when they were returning to Bauchi from Abuja.

“They had attened the wedding Fatiha of the son of Alhaji Aminu Maigari at the National Mosque in Abuja on Friday.

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“I have been in touch with their family members. Those who kidnapped them are yet to contact the familes.

“We are all praying and hoping in earnest that Allah will intervene in the unfortunate situation and they would be released unharmed,” he said.

Between 1993 to 1999, Ahmed Sani Toro, a former Bauchi State Commissioner of Sports.

And former member of the House of Representatives, served as Secretary General of the then-NFA.

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Meanwhile, iexclusivenews Nigeria reports that during his illustrious career.

The Super Eagles won their second AFCON title in Tunisia in 1994.

Made their senior World Cup debut in the United States the same year.

Won gold at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and made their second World Cup appearance in France in 1998.