NFF Election: Court orders election to stop temporarily

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The controversy trailing the NFF election has deepened as an Abuja Federal High Court has ordered the football federation to temporarily halt its upcoming election billed to hold on September 30, 2022.

The judgment was passed in a suit FHC/ABJ/CS/1376/2022 brought against the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) (Trading under the name and style of the Nigeria Football Federation) (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, Hon. Minister of Sports and Youth Development.

On Thursday morning, Justice Inyang Ekwo, ruling on the matter, ordered the NFF to put a hold on the election, which was supposed to hold in the next 15 days and that parties should maintain the status quo before adjourning the case to October 31, 2022.

The court had earlier adjourned further hearing in the suit to October 2022 in a sitting that took place in June.

The plaintiffs had initiated the litigation to ask for an amendment to the 2010 NFF statutes. They seek equal representation for all the five statutory bodies that make up the NFF regarding voting rights and representation on the NFF Board.

Harrison Jalla, Victor Baribote, Austin Popo, and The Registered trustees of the National Association of Nigeria Footballers (NANF) (Trading under the name and style of Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria) (PFAN) are the plaintiffs in the suit.

Source: gazettengr.com

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