Nigeria: FIFA demands answers from FA

  1. Posted on Monday 13 September 2010 - 11:41
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    Walter Wilson Nana, AfricaNews reporter in Buea, Cameroon
    World football governing body, FIFA, has sent a letter to the Nigerian Football Federation, requesting the body to clarify the media reports relating to alleged court actions aimed at nullifying the results of the recent NFF elections.
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    In the letter, FIFA reminds the NFF that “such actions would be considered as interference from a third party and that, should any court action materialize, the NFF would be required to sanction the NFF member at the origin of any such claim to a court.”

    Last Monday, the Federal High court in Lagos presided over by Justice Okon Abang nullified elections into Executive Committee of the NFF and ordered 28 senior officials to appear before it on September 24 for contempt of court. He also directed the most senior administrative officer of the NFF to take over the administration of the FA pending when elections are properly conducted.

    The suit in question was filed by the registered trustees of the National association of Nigeria Footballers, NANF. They had alleged that the process ran contrary to the clear wordings of FIFA’s statute and other extant laws relating to football administration in the country.

    There is palpable confusion in Nigeria and indeed the followers of the game as another chapter in this never ending saga pits the federation between adhering to the ruling of the Federal High Court in Lagos and observance of the very strict rules of FIFA regarding third party interference in the running of its affiliate football federations. There may be no escape this time if ongoing inquest by FIFA is anything to go by.

    While FIFA proceeds with its inquest, the body’s media department told SuperSport.com that “To the best of our knowledge, no FIFA representative has received any copy of any injunction.”

    With the current atmosphere, Nigeria football appears headed for another collision with FIFA, after the botched plan to ban Nigeria following government’s now reversed decision to withdraw the country from international football for two years.

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