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NFF crisis: Giwa group lose at Supreme Court
The quest by Chris Giwa to take hold of the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) suffered a major setback on Monday as the Supreme Court.
The apex court struck out two motions by Giwa and his group seeking to stay the execution of the ruling of the Court of Appeal baring one Mr. Oba Maduabuchi from appearing before it on behalf of Giwa and his group, and the judgement of the same court vacating the orders of the Federal High Court re-listing the case and restoring the orders.
Giwa, proprietor of Giwa FC of Jos, has been in and out of court against Nigeria football in the past 28 months, sustaining his quest even after a celebrated loss at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.
On Monday, Justices at Nigeria’s highest court were of the view that the said Oba Maduabuchi cannot appear in the case until the ruling of the Court of Appeal refusing him audience is vacated.
Giwa’s lawyers immediately saw the futility of the twin applications and withdrew same, and the Supreme Court promptly struck out both applications.
Giwa and a member of his group, Yahaya Adama, were both in court on Monday when the Supreme Court made the ruling.
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