Festus Keyamo, who is counsel to the President of the
Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick has issued a ‘clear the air’
statement, debunking reports that there was a standing order of the Supreme
Court that restrained his client from acting as the defacto President of the
NFF.....
In a statement titled “NO SUPREME COURT ORDER RESTRAINING AMAJU PINNICK
FROM ACTING AS PRESIDENT…”
Keyamo said the impression that there was a standing
order of the Supreme Court which restricts Amaju Pinnick from functioning was
not only ill-informed but also mischievous. Keyamo insisted, “there is no
Supreme Court Order or any other subsisting order restraining Amaju Pinnick
from acting as President of the Nigeria Football Federation or installing Chris
Giwa as President of the NFF.”
He challenged whoever has the Supreme Court
judgment to publish it. “We hereby challenge anybody who disputes this to
publish the Supreme Court Judgment or Order where the names of Amaju Pinnick or
Chris Giwa were ever mentioned in any portion of the judgment or as even
parties to the case.
“The fact is that the court processes filed in the Supreme
Court matter do not bear their names as parties to the suit whatsoever.” Keyamo
raised another fundamental question:
“If Giwa and his team had a Supreme Court
Order granting him the right to the NFF Presidency, why would they have to go
back to the Federal High Court to surreptitiously procure a fresh Ex Parte
Order dated June 5, 2018 for the same purpose and containing reliefs totally
different from the “previous” orders of 19th day of September 2014?”
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