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NFF Congress approves disciplinary sanctions for Giwa, others

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NFF crisis: Giwa group lose at Supreme Court
The Amaju Pinnick-led board of the NFF convened an emergency
meeting of the Congress on Wednesday where a vote of
confidence was passed on his Executive Committee with a
decision to punish Giwa and other erring members of football
fraternity as part of the resolutions.
Chris Giwa and his group are fighting to take over the running of
football in the country after securing a Jos High Court injunction
which validates their September 27, 2014 elections in Abuja.
The congress alleged that Giwa, tarnished the name of the NFF by
contracting a law firm in South Africa in the name of the
federation and refused to pay for the services rendered to a point
where judgment was given against Nigeria by South African court.
“For bringing Nigerian football to ridicule, opprobrium and
disrepute and in clear contravention of the NFF statutes and other
extant football laws by seriously violating the Statutes,
regulations, directives and decisions of FIFA, CAF, WAFU, and NFF
“In the interest of fair hearing the following persons were referred
to the NFF Disciplinary Board: Giwa, Yahaya Adama, Muazu
Suleyman, Sani Fema and Effiong Johnson to appear and defend
themselves,” a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting read.
The soccer body also said for aiding and abetting the above gross
misconduct, former chairman of the Nigeria Premier League,
Rumson Baribote, Shehu Adamu, Ben Agary and Jide Fashikun
were also summoned before the board.
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