Giwa’s NFF reverses Keshi’s sack

We present the communique unedited:

COMMUNIQUE OF MEETING OF THE EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NIGERIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION HELD IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY, 16TH OCTOBER, 2014.

The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board had an emergency committee meeting presided by Ambassador Chris Giwa at Bolingo hotel Abuja on the 16th October 2014 to discuss pressing issues affecting Nigeria’s football.

The board resolved after hearing that some people are parading themselves as the NFF board, decided to sack the technical crew of the Super Eagles at a very critical moment. We condemn the act and hereby state that Stephen Keshi remains the head coach of the senior national team and the technical crew remains intact; We condemn the acts of impostors parading themselves as such.

That the board stated that there are two more games to be played against Congo Republic and South Africa ahead of Nigeria’s qualification for the African Nations Cup finals in 2015 in Morocco. Emphasis is supposed to be on concentration for the two games rather than sacking and hiring of new technical managers at this critical time.

The board nullifies all committees appointed by the said illegal NFF board and has appointed Secretary General of the NFF Musa Amadu to oversee the affairs of all committees of the NFF. This shall be named in days. Barrister Amadu is to work with secretaries of committees who are staffers of the NFF earlier set up by the Aminu Maigari board and as approved by the NFF statutes pending the end of the football season.

The secretaries are to report to Musa Amadu until new committees are set up. The board warns people who are used to disregarding valid court orders especially the one which recognised the 26th August election as valid pending the hearing of the substantive matter before it.

Nigerians have been enjoined to remain calm. No tension in this pensive mood. The Federal High Court Jos is very clear about the orders of his court on the 19th September 2014. In the eye of the law, no other board apart from ours exists in the eye of the law.