Dalung insists Giwa remains NFF president
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Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has described as “an invasion” by security operatives to the Nigeria Football Federation, while maintaining that President Muhammadu Buhari will not disregard court
rulings as it concerns the NFF leadership tussle.
In a statement, Dalung stated that nothing has changed after the Supreme Court ruling and orders of the Federal High Court in Jos on the Nigeria Football Federation on April 27, 2018.
He described as “an invasion” of the Glass House by security operatives this morning.
“What happened in the NFF is security excesses but it will be sorted out,” he said.
He also said the status quo remains, meaning Chris Giwa is the NFF president.
Dalung also said President Buhari is an advocate of the rule of law and will not go against court rulings as some people will want the world to believe.
“As far as I am concerned, nothing has changed. There is no development after the Supreme Court ruling of April 27, 2018 and the Federal High Court Order of 5th June 2018 because the court has not
vacated the order,” the minister said.
“Those who are presently trying to instigate confusion, using the name of the President must be aware that the President cannot go against the rule of law.
“The order issued by the court has not been vacated and the President cannot vacate a court order because there are clear cut processes of doing that.”
“We want to assure Nigerians that Government is sorting out the grey areas but nobody should drag the name of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria into this.
“The President is an advocate of the rule of law and he cannot be associated with the security excesses of a breach of the rule of law.”
The minister said a way forward for the impasse in the NFF powerful tussle.
“The federal government is urging members of the public to remain calm as it is doing its best to resolve the crises in the Nigeria Football Federation,” he added.
“The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has already initiated a process of trying to bring the stakeholders together, to work out a road map out of this quagmire.
“The stakeholders’ meeting billed for Tuesday July 24, 2018 will still go ahead as planned.”
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