THE Nigeria
Football Federation has swiftly moved to file an appeal, a motion to vacate the
order and a motion for a stay-of-execution against the judgement of the Jos
High Court, which on Friday decided to re-list a case brought by Ambassador
Chris Giwa against the validly –elected NFF administration of Amaju Melvin
Pinnick.
In
re-listing the case for hearing on 30thMay this year, the court shockingly also
restored the order that the election and Congress of 30th September 2014 be
nullified.
However,
since an appeal, a motion to vacate the order and a stay-of-execution has been
filed, on the same day as the judgement, the status quo remains.
“This is a
sad one primarily because we have enjoyed a period of peace and have been able
to work without the court-today-court-tomorrow situation of the last half of
2014.
“We have
filed for stay-of-execution and that means the status quo remains and anything
done is done at the actors’ peril. I can assure football –loving Nigerians that
there is no reason to panic as we are in full charge and there is no trouble
whatsoever. There is no order for the Giwa group to take over the Glass House.
In fact many of his so called board members have called to dissociate
themselves from the matter,” NFF 1st Vice President Seyi Akinwunmi said on
Friday.
It would be
recalled that the Ambassador Giwa led group had gone to court and withdrawn the
case in October 2014, but then later went to the Court of Arbitration for
Sports, which threw out their case.
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