The Nigeria Football Federation has fixed an undisclosed date for an emergency congress ostensibly called to save its president, Amaju Pinnick and four others standing trial over corruption from losing their jobs in the federation.

Scorenigeria reports that “In a desperate, last-ditch move to save face and possibly their jobs, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have called an emergency congress on the side-lines of the Aiteo Cup Final in Kaduna to pass a vote of confidence on president Amaju Pinnick and the other top officials accused of corruption.

The 2019 Aiteo Cup Final which was initially slated to hold on Wednesday this week was shifted to  Sunday between Kano Pillars and Niger Tornadoes.

Scorenigeria who spoke to an unnamed source said “The NFF emergency congress will be staged to pass a vote of confidence on the Pinnick-led NFF board.

“Passing a vote of confidence on Pinnick and his executives has been a routine, but this latest gimmick is for embattled Pinnick to consolidate from home after the recent events at CAF.

“He wants to immediately show CAF and the rest of the world that he has support from his home.”

Last week, Pinnick was disgraced at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) when he was booted out as 1^st Vice President and also sacked from all the standing committees of the continental body including the all-powerful AFCON Organising Committee, which he headed.

Observers said that his vaulting personal ambition to unseat CAF President Ahmad Ahmad meant he only spent 11 months as CAF No 2 man.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has also granted an order of arrest for Pinnick and four other top-ranking officials – Seyi Akinwunmi, Shehu Dikko, Ahmed Yusuf ‘Fresh’ and Mohammed Sanusi – after they failed to appear before it last month to face 17-count charge brought against them for corruption by the Federal Government.

The officials are now believed to have gone into hiding for fear of being arrested following their arrival in the country this past week after the AFCON in Egypt.

Pinnick is expected to appear before the court on September 26 for trial.