Chris Giwa, the embattled president of the Nigeria Football Federation, says truth will prevail between him and Amaju Pinnick, on who ought to be the president of NFF.
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Sanusi who also said he had returned to his duties in the federation’s secretariat at Wuse in Abuja told the News Agency of Nigeria the situation was now under control.
The Eagle Online gathered that the DSS operatives have made the Glass House inaccessible for both staff and visitors.
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ambassador Chris Giwa, has approved the appointment of Deputy Editor, Sportinglife Newspapers, Ejiro Baba-Femi, as media officer of Super Falcons.
Chris Giwa, the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Thursday said the federation’s secretariat would move to the Sunday Dankaro House at the Abuja National Stadium next week.
Onigbinde told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the tussle over the leadership of the NFF may affect football in the country.
The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) led by Chris Giwa has appointed Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme Acting General Secretary of the football house following corruption allegation levelled against former General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi.
Giwa thus called on stakeholders to close ranks as one family and build the game to enviable height.
Chief Chris Giwa, President, Nigeria Football Federation, has said that FIFA, the world soccer governing body, has not communicated its ban threat to the NFF.
The minister was reacting to FIFA President, Gianni Infantino’s comment that the world football governing body only recognises Amaju Pinnick as president of NFF.
The appointment was made shortly after the NFF Management meeting, which took place on July 13, 2018 at the NFF Secretariat.
The Ambassador Chris Giwa-led Nigeria Football Federation board has dismissed in strong terms a possible ban by the World football governing body, FIFA.
He equally said FIFA will not accept any outside interference in the affairs of the NFF
The four year-old case was expected to be resolved at the Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State on Tuesday but it was adjourned to September 25.
Amaju Pinnick on Tuesday failed to stop Chris Giwa from operating in the Glass House as NFF President following the inability of his counsel to raise a motion challenging the Jos Federal High Court’s ex-parte order which installed Giwa in office.
Chris Giwa and the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF board have been involved in a leadership tussle, after a Jos High Court issued an order stopping the election which brought Pinnick to office in 2014.
Justice Kurya had,on June 5, given an ex-parte order to Mr Chris Giwa to take over mantle of leadership of the NFF in a case between Yahaya Adama and Aminu Maigari.
This follows a formal notification given FIFA by the NFF about details and true situation of the latest leadership tussle in the Nigerian soccer governing body.
Pinnick approached the court for the relief after the Supreme Court judgment which ordered him to comply with the lower court’s order that compelled him to vacate the office for Giwa.
The Jos, Plateau State-based administrator, according to our source, arrived at about 3pm amid tight security at the Glass House headquarters of the NFF.