Fraud rocks Delta Queens, players want gov intervention
The female soccer pride of the state, Delta Queens is in financial scandal running into thousands of dollars, SaharaReporter writes.
It is alleged that the chairman of Delta State Sports Commission, Mr Tony Okowa, younger brother of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and the CEO of Delta Queen are behind the sleaze.
It was alleged that the players who were expected to get a thousand dollars a day for sixteen days were instead paid for ten days.
The fraud occurred during the West Africa WAFU competition.
A source said, “But now that the approval has come, why is he along with his group still delaying the officials’ payment? Besides the shortage, from a very reliable top government source, Governor Oborevwori approved a minimum of $100 daily each as an allowance for officials.
“The chairman of the sports commission, former governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s younger brother however unofficially said that each official would get at least $1,000 for ten days’ payment as against the 16 days spent at the camp, which again was short of the approved sum for the 16 days.”
“What does Henrietta plan to do with the cut of the 12 days – $1,200 dollars each, if she succeeds in paying to officials just $400 each as she plans?
“This is where we seriously need the attention of the Delta State government to wade in as the CEO of Delta Queens and her cohorts are about to defraud us and cause a serious embarrassment to your barely three-month-old administration.
“Rivers and Bayelsa states previously represented Nigeria and each team member, official, and player got their complete payment for the number of days they spent. Why would Delta State be different even when approval has been made? We are using this medium to call on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to immediately come to our aid so that our entitlements would not be diverted after the competition.”
When contacted, Delta State Sports Commission Chairman, Tony Okowa, denied the allegations, saying, “Everybody has been duly paid, nobody is owing anybody. Please don’t ever call me again. Where are you getting your information from? Please, respect yourself; don’t call me again.”
