A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has nullified the election which brought the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, and his board into office. It also ordered Christopher Giwa to take over.
The presiding judge, Justice Musa Haruna Kurya, delivered the ruling on Friday over the re-listed suit challenging the September 30, 2014 election process in Warri.
It would be recalled that before the elections in Warri, Christopher Giwa had been declared new NFF president through another congress that was held in Abuja.
Justice Ambrose Allagoa, who presided over the hearing, had ruled in 2015 that the election as well as the congress preceding it were against his orders and ordered the plaintiff, Giwa, to return to office.
Following FIFA’s warning that Nigeria will be banned if the court ruling stops the newly-elected executive committee of Amaju Pinnick from working, former President Goodluck Jonathan had called parties to a peace meeting where he advocated an end to the crisis to prevent imminent ban from the world football governing body.
When counsel to the plaintiff, Habila Ardzard, was to withdraw the matter, he told the court then that, “The number one citizen had demanded to intervene in the matter and that if parties are not satisfied, they can return to court.”
