A Jos Federal High Court on Wednesday fixed July 10 to hear a new motion filed by the immediate past President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, challenging the ex parte order it granted Chris Giwa, current President of the Federation.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Pinnick approached the court for the relief after the Supreme Court judgment which ordered him to comply with the lower court’s order that compelled him to vacate the office for Giwa.
Justice Musa Kurya, the Presiding Judge in the case between Yahaya Adama and Aminu Maigari had, on June 5, given an ex parte order asking Pinnick’s NFF leadership to vacate the Glass House for the Giwa-led executive.
But Pinnick, through his counsel, Festus Keyamo (SAN), approached the court with two motions demanding the vacation of the order granted Giwa and others, pending the determination of an application challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case.
Though the case was heard in the chamber, the two counsels in the matter spoke to newsmen shortly after. Mr. Festus Ukpe, who stood in for Keyamo, explained: “We came to court to challenge the order which the court gave to Giwa-led executive.