Former D’Tigers coach Ayodele Bakare don raise fresh questions ontop di legality and constitutional base of di Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) extraordinary congress wey dem hold for Yola, Adamawa State last weekend.
Bakare, wey attend as delegate, come put im observations for di second extract of im personal account wey im title "The Memoirs of a Delegate to di 2026 NBBF Extraordinary Congress." Di Yola meeting approve October 15, 2026, as di date for di elective congress for Abuja and dem form seven-member Electoral Committee and three-member Elections Appeals Committee. Di federation say 39 of im 44 delegates attend di meeting.
Bakare argue say di FIBA communication wey set di electoral timeline don enter on March 16, 2026, wey give enough time to organise congress according to NBBF Constitution, wey provide for 50 congress delegates. Im say NBBF President Ahmadu Musa Kida propose say make Congress vote to waive any constitutional wahala, but delegates reject both to suspend di relevant sections and to amend di constitution to comot objections.
"No vote eventually take to waive or suspend di constitutional sections," Bakare state. Im also question why, for im own interpretation, di federation never hold di normal annual congress wey dem suppose hold inside di current board four-year tenure, as Article 20.2 talk say dem go get ordinary congress every year, with every fourth one to be elective congress.
Bakare na also di President of Comets Basketball Club of Lagos.
