– Keyamo said report about the sacking of NFF chairman, Amaju Pinnick , is nothing but total and complete falsehood
– Keyamo asked the minister of sports not to aid this sheer madness
Festus keyamo
Litigation lawyer, Festus Keyamo has denied media reports on the sack of of the Board of the Nigerian Football Federation led by Amaju Pinnick.
Several media report has it that a federal High Court in Jos installed Mr. Chris Giwa as the new Chairman of the NFF.
Speaking through a press statement, Keyamo who is the lawyer to NFF chairman, Amaju Pinnick said the media reports is nothing but total and complete falsehood.
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“We are constrained to issue this statement to set the records straight owing to the sensitive nature of football administration in Nigeria,” Keyamo said.
“For the purpose of clarity, at no time did the Honourable Court order the installation of one Chris Giwa as Chairman of the NFF as neither Chris Giwa nor Amaju Pinnick are parties to the present suit in JOS. It is therefore a distortion of the Order of the Honourable Court to assume that Chris Giwa was ordered to resume as the Chairman of the NFF.
“The Supreme Court of Nigeria has held times without number that no court of law can issue an Order against a person that is not a party in a suit before a court without joining or hearing from that party.
“And no court of law can also install a party in an office who is not before the Court praying for such an Order. The said Chris Giwa is not a party before the case at the Federal High Court and the Court NEVER made an Order installing him as NFF President. It is like the bizarre case of the proxies of a loser in an election suing only INEC without joining the other victorious party in the case.
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Keyamo enjoined the minister of sports not to aid this sheer madness.
“Whoever wants to remove Amaju Pinnick and members of the NFF board from office must approach the court to join them as parties and must seek clear and positive Orders against each and everyone of them. The public and all football lovers must ignore this storm in a tea cup. There is simply no court order removing anybody from office,” he stressed.
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