President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick is in big trouble as an Abuja division of the Federal High Court on Monday, July 1^st, 2019 issued a bench warrant against him.

The court also ordered the arrest of four other officials of the NFF accused of misappropriating funds belonging to the football body.

The presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu gave the order after the case involving the NFF officials was called and they were absent in court.

The court ordered the arrest of NFF Secretary, Sunusi Mohammed; the 1^st Vice-President, Seyi Akinwumi; the 2^nd Vice-President, Shehu Dikko and an Executive member, Yusuff Fresh.

The Federal Government had earlier this year in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/93/2019, filed a 17-count charge before the court. The officials were accused of alleged misappropriation of $8,400,000 belonging to the football body.

The judge gave the order for the arrest of the defendants upon an oral application by the prosecution lawyer, Celcius Ukpong, when the case was called and the defendants were absent.