Ambassador Chris Giwa who through a Jos,
Plateau State court order assumed the leadership of the Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF), was yesterday arrested by Divisional Police
Officer (DPO) of Wuse Zone 7, Abuja for trespassing on the premises of
the federation.
The drama briefly caused a disruption of
the operations of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) as customers
and other visitors were locked out after the compound was barricaded.
Giwa was whisked away in his own car about 4.20 pm to the police station on the order of the DPO, who sought to know his mission at the Glasshouse.
Temper also boiled over as policemen in
the team of the DPO and journalists clashed after the security men
prevented reporters from covering the event.
Giwa arrived football secretariat after
the management of NFF was duly served a copy of the court order
nullifying the NFF board election in Warri on September 30, 2014, that
brought in Amaju Pinnick as the president.
The order granted by Justice Musa Kurya
presiding at Jos High Court was served on both the NFF and Sports
Minister Solomon Dalung by a court bailiff who was accompanied by a
senior police officer, acting on the instruction of the Inspector
General of Police Solomon Arase. It was after he was about leaving that
he found the gates barricaded and the DPO notified of his presence by
one of the policemen securing the NFF office.
A very confident Giwa, accompanied by
some members of his group, told reporters that he was at the NFF office
to restore all the orders which he said were granted to him by the court
since 2014.
He said those orders gave him the permit
and rights to be at the NFF secretariat which had been secured by
police in the past three weeks.
Giwa who insisted he was duly elected on
August 26, 2014, in Abuja, said though he had resumed duty as NFF
President, he would take full charge of business on Monday.
“It has been in the news for over a
month that we got a ruling from the Federal High Court, Jos restoring
all the orders granted us since 2014 to date
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