The chairman of the Nigeria Premier League board, Mr, Davidson Owumi was yesterday quizzed for 45 minutes by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Abuja but the secretariat of the NPL in a release issued after the visit to the anti-graft agency's headquarters said there is no cause for alarm.

The press release stated that he was invited by the EFCC in respect of the petition written against the NPL chairman by a former board member, Barrister Ray Nnaji.

The NPL said it wanted to clear the air over a few misplaced reports in the media concerning the happenings of yesterday, concerning the appearance of the NPL chairman at the office of the commission.

"First, Mr Owumi was never handcuffed as being reported in a section of the media, as he was preparing to meet other board members of the NPL on the said morning when two men from the commission came in.

"The men from the commission requested that the presence of the NPL chairman was needed at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, which he obliged politely".

Mr Owumi was later released after he was interrogated by the commission based on allegations filed against him by Barrister Ray Nnaji after spending 45 minutes at the EFCC office.

We also want to point to the comment of the EFCC spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who described the development as a routine process of interrogation.

"He was picked this morning in Abuja for questioning. It was just a routine question-and-answer session. That's why we released him after interrogating him," said the EFCC spokesman.

Owumi later presided over the meeting of the board at the headquarters of the Nigeria Premier League.