The quest by Mr. Chris Giwa to occupy Glass House suffered a set back on Monday as the Court of Appeal sitting in Jos outrightly dismissed the judgment of the Federal High Court, which relisted the case filed by Mr. Chris Giwa against the Nigeria Football Federation and its President, Mr. Amaju Pinnick.It would be recalled that Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State had earlier nullified the outcome of Warri General Assemblyof NFF on the request of Giwa and the congress that brought Amaju Pinnick to office.In his judgement on Monday JusticeJoseph Tur, held that the ruling of the court on April 8 returning Giwa to the Glass House was null and void saying that the plaintiffs were wrong in asking that the case be relisted.On the earlier ruling that Giwa be recognised as the president of the NFF, Justice Tur posited that the court ought to have taken into consideration the circumstances of the case giving that it struck out anddiscontinued by the same court on October 30, 2014.According to him, the submissions of the counsel to the respondents Mr. Habila Azard, in which the decision of the court was made based on the undertaking that was taken prior to the judgement of October 30 and stated the process of relisting was not followed.The appeal court further faulted the ruling of the Federal High court made on April 8, 2016 and said it should have considered the circumstances of the case giving that it struck out and discontinued by the same court on October 30, 2014Tur, while allowing the appeal of the NFF, set aside the ruling of the Federal High Court made on April 8, 2016 and reinstated the ruling madeon October 30, 2014. He awarded N50,0000 cost against the two parties.

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