The Fiji Sports Council has engaged two law firms to look into the financial investigation report of suspended CEO, Gilbert Vakalalabure and Manager of Operations, Litia Senibulu.
Speaking to fijivillage News, Deputy Chairman of the Fiji Sports Council, Peter Mazey says the lawyers are looking at all the areas that the financial investigators raised as legal issues of concern in the report.
Mazey says the whole report will go to the Police Criminal Investigations Department due to a search warrant served to the Fiji Sports Council.
He confirms the board has spent 8 hours reviewing the report and further decisions on the release of the report will be made this Thursday.
The Fiji Sports Council Board had signed on independent investigators, Pherrus Financial Services to look into the allegations against Gilbert Vakalalabure and Litia Senibulu.
Mazey had earlier said that at a Special Board Meeting of the Fiji Sports Council Board on 17th February 2026, the Board reviewed the presentations of allegations with supporting evidence.
According to the Terms of Reference of the investigation, they looked into the contra deals with Fiji Airways and others, the Fiji Sports Council U20's Rugby 7's Hamilton Trip, the Sports Council U20's Sevens Team and Council Sponsored Sports Tournaments and the restructure of operations and staffing including pay rises, the appointment as Executive Chairman of Gilbert Vakalalabure indefinitely, CEO appointment, driver overtime for private use, staff engagement, contracts and tender processes, and motor vehicles, the alleged rampant mismanagement and unauthorised expenses, response to Board resolution, staff concerns and reported breaches of policy and or law, and the agreement with Infinite Power Clean Energy Ltd, SportsWorx Agreement – Brett Jenkins and Pacific Procurement Management and Investment Services.
The investigations included several issues of actions and decisions taken without Board approval like the concerning substandard work done on the HFC Stadium tracks a few years ago and the failed $115 million Infinite Power Clean Energy (Fiji) Ple Limited wind turbine plan.
The issues mainly deal with alleged conflict of interest and decisions being made without the Sports Council Board's approval.Stay with us for developments.
