Harrison Jalla's National Association of Nigerian Footballers has formally withdrawn their case at a Lagos court challenging the legality of the NFF elections held last August.

The withdrawal of the court action marks the last but one step needed to avoid confirmation of a FIFA sanction on Nigeria, which was provisionally lifted earlier this month.

The decision opens the door for the elected NFF board to resume duties, according to Chris Greene, a member of that board. “The board can now start work because the people who took the matter to work have withdrawn the case.

“And since the matter has been stuck out, in the eyes of the law, it is as if that matter never existed. All interlocutory orders issued in respect of that matter have been declared a nullity. So the board is at liberty to resume and start to function.”

The decision will also have a positive fallout for the Nigeria Premier League, which had to suspend its scheduled kick-off last weekend because there was no NFF Referees Committee to appoint match referees for the games.

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