The state government hands the former NFF board member and four others a six-month mandate with one clear target: get the Yenagoa club straight back to the top flight.
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Bayelsa State has appointed Peter Singabele, a former Nigeria Football Federation board member, to chair a new five man interim management committee overseeing Bayelsa United, according to Complete Sports.
The appointment was confirmed on Thursday by Bayelsa State Deputy Governor Peter Akpe. The new committee replaces the board previously led by Tarilaye Amankwe, which was dissolved, and will run the club’s affairs for a six-month period.
Ken Akpolaemi Odogu takes on the role of committee secretary, with Braveman Wodi, Godson Ekadi and Ono K. Akpe completing the five member group.
Promotion Back To The NPFL The Priority
Speaking on behalf of Governor Douye Diri, the Deputy Governor said the state government remains deeply invested in Bayelsa United’s fortunes and wants the new committee to move quickly, with securing an immediate return to the NPFL set as the interim board’s central mandate.
Bayelsa United dropped into the Nigeria National League at the end of the 2025/26 NPFL season. The club previously won the NPFL title in 2009 and represented Nigeria in the CAF Champions League the following year, giving the state a clear historical benchmark it hopes the new leadership can help the club work back toward.
📌 Did You Know?
- Bayelsa United won the NPFL title in 2009, the club’s only top-flight championship to date.
- The club represented Nigeria in the CAF Champions League in 2010 following that title win.
- Interim committees are a common governance tool used by Nigerian state governments to manage state-owned football clubs during periods of instability.
- Bayelsa United are based in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State.
- A six month mandate gives the new committee roughly half a season to show measurable progress before any further review.
