ABUJA – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday in Abuja said it had filed a stay of execution on the ruling earlier in the day by a Federal High Court in Jos.
In a statement by its Assistant Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, the NFF said it has also appealed the ruling which annulled its Sept. 30 Elective Congress held in Warri.
The congress had seen the election of the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF board, thus appearing to have restored calm to the Nigerian football family.
The election had however failed to do that, with a faction of the football family heading back to the court in Jos where the whole crisis had sparked off in July.
“The NFF board has swiftly filed for appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Jos Judicial Division of Thursday, which annulled the NFF Elective Congress of Sept. 30, 2014.
“The presiding judge had given the order annulling the elections in spite of a Preliminary Objection filed by the NFA challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case,’’ the association had said in the statement.
It had also quoted NFF First Vice-Chairman Seyi Akinwunmi as saying “our lawyers have gone to work immediately the order was made. We are appealing the ruling and also filing for a stay of execution of the order”.(NAN)
