Egbe blasts Jalla over comments on Pinnick

By George Aluo

The Chief Executive Officer of Monimichelle, Ebi Egbe has berated Harrison Jalla who says there is nothing to celebrate over Amaju Melvin Pinnick’s membership of FIFA council.

Jalla had in a statement said Nigeria was only exporting corruption to the world in Pinnick who he described as a graduate of Ibori’s school of corruption.

Egbe while berating Jalla wondered why some of the nation’s football stakeholders are hellbent on rubbishing the country and pulling down who are ever rises to the top echelon of world football from the country.

“Jalla is definitely not working in the interest of our dear country. When you criticize constructively we would know…we also know when one is only being jealous, vindictive and unpatriotic. Jalla and his co travelers no doubt are just being petty and unpatriotic,” Egbe said.

Egbe who is a FIFA licensed match agent said what every Nigerian owe Pinnick now is prayers and total support…the same way we support other Nigerians that have made it to the top in other global bodies like the United Nation, World Trade Organization, Africa Development Bank, Grammy award and of late in the government of Joe Biden out there in the United States.

“For Jalla to see Pinnick’s rise to the top of world football as nothing to celebrate and praying for his downfall is to say the least uncharitable and unpatriotic,” Egbe said.

Pinnick it is recalled was last Friday elected into the FIFA council at the CAF election in Rabat, Morocco. The federal government had thrown its weight behind Pinnick who had a smooth ride at the election where South Africa’s Dr Patrice Motsepe emerged as new CAF president stepping into the shoes of Ahmad Ahmad.