The Federal Government on Monday directed the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on April 27, 2018, which restored the orders of the Federal High Court, setting aside the purported election into the Amaju Pinnick-led Executive Committee of the NFF held on September 30, 2014.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung said in a statement on Monday that the directive followed a written notification signed for the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice requesting the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports to ensure compliance.

The order compels the defendants, including the Minister of Youth and Sports, their servants, agents and privies howsoever, the Inspector General of Police and all law enforcement agencies to forthwith enforce the orders made by the court on 19th September 2014 and 23rd October 2014 and give recognition to the General Assembly Meeting and election of the NFF held on 26th August 2014 under the leadership of Amb Chris Giwa pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice filed in this case.

But Pinnick reacted swiftly through his lawyers, stressing that the directive by the Minister of Sports is null, void and of no effect as FIFA has maintained that the same matter has been taken to the highest Court of Sports Arbitration in Switzerland by same individuals and they have lost out.

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This Giwa and Pinnick tussle never still die?