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NFF Crisis: Aggrieved Faction Drag Pinnick-led Board To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is set to deliver its judgement on the leadership
crisis that has engulfed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday.
Chris Giwa and his board had dragged the FIFA-recognised Amaju
Pinnick-led board to the Supreme Court, to set aside the verdict of the Appeal
Court after they had won at the High Court, claiming that the mandate given to
them by the congress of the NFF in August 2013 was sacrosanct.
They also insist that the election in Warri that brought in the Amaju
group was held in defiance of a High Court order.
But the defendants have held on to FIFA statutes to argue their case,
telling the Supreme Court in their submission that football matters must not be
adjudicated in the ordinary court.
They also insisted the plaintiffs had been banned by the world football
governing body.
The Supreme Court will decide on Thursday, whether to uphold the verdict
of Justice Joseph Tur of the Appeal Court in his judgment in 2016 when he held
that the discontinuation of the cases on October 30, 2014, which was affirmed
by the court, stands.
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