Chris Giwa
The
Secretariat of Nigeria Football Federation popularly known as Glass
House’ was on Monday taken over by Chris Giwa who arrived the
premises with some security agents to assume office as substantive
chairman of the Federation. Chris Giwa who also spoke with
journalists on his assumption of office in line with the ruling of
the Supreme Court on June 5 at the boardroom said the court had
nullified the parallel election held in Warri by the former chairman,
Amaju Pinnick, and upheld him as the chairman.
“I
am here to claim my mandate as the substantive chairman elected on
August 26, 2014.
“We
waited for the other board to finish the preparations for World Cup
so that we can assume office,” Giwa said.
Giwa
promised to embark on reconciliation of all aggrieved members for the
success of the Federation.
He
explained that Nigeria’s sovereignty could not be threatened by any
foreign interest, saying NFF operated in tandem with the
Constitution.
The
News Agency of Nigeria reports that Chris Giwa was allegedly
elected chairman of the NFF on August 26, 2014, but the election was
not recognised by FIFA.
FIFA
eventually supervised another election on September 30 in Warri,
Delta State, after it had threatened to ban Nigeria from all its
activities. Amaju Pinnick eventually got elected with 32 votes out of
the 44 votes and stepped into office.
Following
the development, Giwa pursued his case to the Court of Arbitration
for Sports, where he lost and was banned from football-related
activities by FIFA.
However,
the Supreme Court on June 5 set aside Pinnick’s election and
recognised Giwa as substantive chairman.
Some
board members who followed Giwa were: Chairman Senate Committee on
Sports, Senator Obinna Ogba; board member representing North West,
Shehu Adamu; Sanni Ferma for North East; board member representing
South South, Johnson Effiong; Sunday Ajayi for South West and Yaya
Adams for North Central.
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