Nigeria Football Federation election dispute
RESOLVING THE PERENNIAL DISPUTE WITHIN THE NIGERIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION ~ by Olubor Uyi ESQ. In the early hours of the day, news broke out that the Federal High Court holden at Abuja gave an order restraining the Nigerian Football Federation(NFF) from conducting elections into its executive council. In this article, I would try as much as possible not to comment on the meritocracy of the claimants demand neither am I going to question the validity of the ruling of the Federal High Court restraining the football federation. As it is trite law that during the pendency of an action, parties are to maintain status quo ante in order not to destroy the res. Thus, the Federal High Court was within its right when it made that ruling. However, my frustration stems from the fact that why is it that during every NFF election cycle we always have these litigations which then dovetails into the regime of every NFF EXCO. The result is always a constant 'bras de fer' between the NFF and the Fe