​​FIFA BAN: Chris Giwa to launch appeal

Following the worldwide ban of Christopher Giwa and four other Nigerian officials from football-related activities by FIFA on Tuesday, Giwa has made known his intentions of filing an appeal.

Giwa was the founder of a rival faction in the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), which caused the problems that surfaced in April, 2016 when a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau state, ordered that the administration of Amaju Pinnick vacate the Glass House for Giwa to take charge temporarily.

In an attempt to curtail the chaos, FIFA wrote a letter threatening to ban the NFF from all international engagements if the court injunction was carried out. Then in May, NFF placed a five-year ban on Christopher Giwa Muazu Suleyman, Yahaya Adama, Sani Fema and Johnson Effiong for breaches of the NFF Statutes.

Read Also: FIFA extends NFF ban on Giwa, 4 other officials

FIFA said in a statement on its website on Tuesday that the bans would apply worldwide, but Giwa claims there has not been a ‘direct communication’ with them.

“They [Fifa] have not communicated to us directly and reading something on Fifa’s website is not a direct communication,” Giwa told BBC Sport.

“Once we hear from Fifa then we will take the necessary steps and we cannot rule out filing an appeal with Court of Arbitration for Sport over something so excessive.”

 

 

 

RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears

Click here to download the Ripples Nigeria App for latest updates

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now