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Rival Officials Brawl At Nigeria Football Federation Headquarters by enigma3000: 10:49pm On Jun 03, 2016 |
The Nigeria Football Federation says there has been a brawl
at its headquarters after a group of rival officials who claim
they should be in charge broke into the building.
The NFF said in a statement that its head spokesman and
another of its staff members traded punches with one of the
men who forced their way in. The NFF says members of its
staff were pushed around and harassed.
The NFF released a photograph which it claims shows the
front door of the building after it was broken by the rival
officials, who were accompanied by "thugs."
Giwa and group broke front door of Glass House to enter the
offices on Friday. pic.twitter.com/vl4NxImIc1
- The NFF (@thenff) June 3, 2016
The leader of the rival group, Christopher Giwa, claims he
should be president of the NFF, but FIFA has backed the
current NFF leadership and president Amaju Pinnick.
Last month, Giwa, Muazu Suleyman, Yahaya Adama, Sani
Fema and Effiong Johnson were all given five-year bans by
the NFF's Disiciplinary Committee.
The NFF says Giwa's group misrepresented themselves as
the NFF while hiring a legal firm in Johannesburg and
accruing bills of up to $100,000, which they have refused to
pay, leading to legal action against the NFF.
The rogue group claims they were elected into the executive
committee of the NFF in August 2014. That election was not
recognised by FIFA, which ordered fresh elections that
subsequently produced the current administration led by
Pinnick.
FIFA's decision was challenged by Giwa at the Court of
Arbitration for Sport, which ruled in favour of FIFA.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this
report. m.espn.go.com/soccer/story?storyId=2885727&top&wjb= |
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