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The executive board of the
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been sacked by a Federal High Court
ruling in Jos on Friday following the nullification of the election of Amaju
Pinnick.
The court ordered challenger
Chris Giwa to take over the leadership of the NFF with immediate effect and
ordered the sports minister, Solomon Dalung to recognize his election victory
at the August 26, 2014 polls.
Previously, Giwa who claimed he
was the rightfully elected president of the NFF announced plans to resume
office on January 12, 2016 but was stopped by the sports minister’s
intervention.
Efforts by Dalung to restore
peace between the warring factions in the recurring leadership crisis of the
NFF failed to yield positive results.
But at Friday's verdict
announcement, presiding judge Justice Musa Haruna Kurya upheld the previous
judgment of Justice Ambrose Allagoa.
In his ruling, Justice Kurya
relisted the earlier withdrawn case between Giwa and the NFF as well as upheld
the nullification of the Pinnick-led board which were prayers of petitioners
Yahaya Adama and Obinna Ogba.
According to him, Giwa will be
temporarily in charge of the nation's footballing body pending final verdict of
the case.
Meanwhile, Giwa has immediately
stormed the Glass House to take over following court ruling.
Goal learnt that the legal team
of Pinnick has announced they will appeal the verdict and the ousted NFF board
has 21 days within which to appeal.
The crisis in Nigerian football
has led to the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for two consecutive
Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
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