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The Nigeria Football Federation has announced 5 year bans from football related activities for Chris Giwa, Adama Yahaya, Sani Fema, Suleiman Muazu & Effiong Johnson.
Chris Giwa, who claims to be the authentic president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), was arrested by the police after he stormed the NFF secretariat last Friday in a bid to resume as the NFF president following a ruling by a Federal High Court in Jos court.
After been found of misconduct contravening NFF statutes, Giwa and his faction were declared guilty and subsequently given five years suspension from football related activities by the disciplinary committee of NFF.
A statement from the disciplinary committee reads: “That Christopher Giwa is guilty of breach of the general rules of conduct as contained in Art. 13 of the FIFA Code of Ethics when he invaded the premises of the Nigeria Football Federation and falsely presented himself as President of the NFF on 6thMay, 2016.
“That Christopher Giwa, Muazu Suleyman, Yahaya Adama, Sani Fema and Johnson Effiong are found guilty of failingto comply fully with the Statutes, regulations, directives and decisions of FIFA and NFF in contravention of Art. 13 1(a) of NFF Statutes 2010 in relation to the NFF Election held in Warri Delta State on 30thSeptember, 2014.
“That Christopher Giwa, Muazu Suleyman, Yahaya Adama, Sani Fema and Johnson Effiong are in breach of fiduciaryand loyalty as contained in Art. 15 of FIFA Code of Ethics 2012 by carrying out various deliberate acts and conductscapable of attracting a ban from FIFA on the NFF capable of putting the administration and development of football in Nigeria into jeopardy.
“Based on the findings above and in Line with the provision of Art. 65 (3) of the NFF Statutes 2010, the NFF Disciplinary Committee hereby pronounces the following sanctions on the following persons:Christopher Giwa, Muazu Suleyman, Yahaya Adama, Sani Fema and Johnson Effiong are hereby banned from taking part in any football related activity for a period of Five (5) years each.”
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