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| The court says Chris Giwa is the elected president of the NFF BBC |
Security forces have
taken over the main office of the crisis-hit Nigerian Football Federation (NFF)
in the capital, Abuja, African Examiner news site reports.
BBC
Africa Live report continues:
Soldiers
and riot police are manning the entrance of the building, it adds.
It
follows a court ruling on Thursday, confirming that NFF
head Amaju Pinnick lost the top post to Chris Giwa in
elections in September 2014.
On
Friday, Mr Giwa and his team - armed with the court ruling - took control of
the NFF offices and said he would start work today.
The
NFF has since appealed against the ruling, arguing that Pinnick is still the
football boss.
It
is not clear why police have taken control of the building.
Nigeria now face the
prospect of a FIFA ban, which could put their World Cup qualification hopes in
jeopardy.
Nigeria Football
Federation Tussle: Security Operatives Take Over Glass House
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| Amaju Pinnick and his rival, Chris Giwa |
African
Examiner reports that the entrance of NFF in Abuja has been taken over by the
soldiers and mobile policemen.
The
development is due to raging power tussle between the key stakeholders,
including the sacked current football house head, Amaju Pinnick, his rival,
Chris Giwa and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalong.
Last
Thursday, court nullified Pinnick’s election and subsequently held that Giwa
was the duly elected Chairman.
However,
as Pinnick headed to Court to appeal the ruling, Giwa has vowed to take over
the headship of the glass house as well as constitute new board.
The
present NFF row started during the regime of former NFF Chairman, Aminu
Maigari. Before his exit, about two parallel elections were held but the
results were rejected by for former Sepp Blatter-led FIFA due to alleged
illegality which characterized Giwa’s election in 2015.
The
crises raged till new administration took over.
All efforts by Lalong to
resolve the rows failed to yield result, hence, the Thursday’s ruling. 
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