Monday, 11 April 2016
Flavour poses almost naked in new photo
Flavour poses almost naked in new photo
He shared this on instagram.
Counsel to Amaju Pinnick says no court order removed his client from office
Counsel to Amaju Pinnick says no court order removed his client from office
Read the statement from Amaju Pinnick's lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo below...
Gentlemen, it is the exact prayer as stated above that the Court granted on Friday, April 8, 2016. What this clearly means is that the court also restored its final Order made on the 30th of October, 2014, as stated above before the case was struck out, that set aside all the previous Orders made, especially the one nullifying the NFF election held in Warri on 30th September, 2014. In fact, the court could not have granted the Plaintiffs a final Order at an interlocutory stage. Anyone who feels otherwise should go back to Court.
Thank you.
We are solicitors to the Nigerian Football Federation led by Amaju Pinnick. We are also solicitors to the Defendants in Suit No. FHC/J/CS/77/2016: Between Yahaya Adama & Anor. V. Maigari & Ors. Our attention has been drawn to several media reports to the effect that the Federal High Court sitting in Jos sacked the Board of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) led by Mr. Amaju Pinnick and installed Mr. Chris Giwa as the new Chairman of the NFF.
This is nothing but total and complete falsehood. We
are constrained to issue this statement to set the records straight owing to
the sensitive nature of football administration in Nigeria.
For the purpose of clarity, at no time did the Honourable Court
order the installation of one Chris Giwa as Chairman of the NFF as neither
Chris Giwa nor Amaju Pinnick are parties to the present suit in JOS. It is
therefore a distortion of the Order of the Honourable Court to assume that
Chris Giwa was ordered to resume as the Chairman of the NFF. The Supreme
Court of Nigeria has held times without number that no court of law can issue
an Order against a person that is not a party in a suit before a court without
joining or hearing from that party. And no court of law can also install
a party in an office who is not before the Court praying for such an Order. The
said Chris Giwa is not a party before the case at the Federal High Court and
the Court NEVER made an Order installing him as NFF President. It is like the
bizarre case of the proxies of a loser in an election suing only INEC without
joining the other victorious party in the case. How can a Court of Law or
Tribunal remove the victorious Party from office without joining him or even
making a positive Order to that effect? It is simply a legal impossibility.
What the so-called Chris Giwa is attempting to do is nothing but sheer
brigandage and we shall be writing to all authorities concerned to arrest and
prosecute him he dares to take the laws into his hands. The Minister of Sports
is also advised not to aid this sheer madness. Whoever wants to remove Amaju
Pinnick and members of the NFF board from office must approach the court to
join them as parties and must seek clear and positive Orders against each and
everyone of them. The public and all football lovers must ignore this storm in
a tea cup. There is simply NO COURT ORDER removing anybody from office.
To set the records straight, sometime in 2014, one Yahaya Adama
and Obinna Ogba commenced an action against Alhaji Aminu Maigari and three
others challenging the convening of the Ordinary General Assembly and the
subsequent election conducted into the various offices of the NFF on 30th of
September, 2014. In the course of the proceedings, the Court made three
different Orders as follows:
1. The
Court first issued an Order dated 19th day of September, 2014, restraining the
Defendants from proceeding with the Congress
2. The
Court later issued an Order dated 23rd day of October, 2014 nullifying or
setting aside the purported election conducted into the Executive Committee/Board
of the NFF
3. Finally,
the Court made an Order dated 30th day of October, 2014, setting aside all the
previous Orders made above.
Please, find attached a Certified True Copy of the last Order
made.
The last Order was made just before the case was withdrawn and
struck out on the 30th October, 2014.
However, in December, 2015, Messrs Yahaya Adama and Obinna Ogba
again applied to the Federal High Court for a relisting of the Suit and the
restoration of
"....... all Orders
made by this Honourable Court in suit no. FHC/L/CS/77/2014 before this suit was
struck out by this Honourable Court on 30th October, 2014."
Gentlemen, it is the exact prayer as stated above that the Court granted on Friday, April 8, 2016. What this clearly means is that the court also restored its final Order made on the 30th of October, 2014, as stated above before the case was struck out, that set aside all the previous Orders made, especially the one nullifying the NFF election held in Warri on 30th September, 2014. In fact, the court could not have granted the Plaintiffs a final Order at an interlocutory stage. Anyone who feels otherwise should go back to Court.
In any event, we are dissatisfied with the re-listing of the case
and a Motion or an application urging the Court to set aside its Ruling has
been filed and is pending before the Court. The Defendants have also lodged an
appeal against the Ruling of the Court and have also filed an application for
stay of further proceedings pending the determination of the Appeal. It is
expected that as law abiding citizens, no steps would be taken by any party to
frustrate the judicial process.
Thank you.
FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.
Former NFL player murdered in a road rage in the US
Former NFL player murdered in a road rage in the US
According to authorities, Former NFL defensive end, Will Smith, 34, was murdered on Saturday
April 9 in a road rage situation. Smith, a
former Saints
defensive end was driving with his wife in their luxury Mercedes Benz
SUV, when a Hummer H2 rear ended them. Smith came out to confront the
driver...and it cost him his life.
According to reports, Smith came out of his vehicle and confronted the
driver. They exchanged words and before anyone could stop it, the Hummer
driver (pictured above after his arrest) retrieved a hand gun from his
vehicle and shot Smith multiple times. He also shot Smith's wife in the
leg but she survived it. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 30-year-old driver of the Hummer is in custody and being interviewed by investigators. The gun used in the shooting has been recovered.
The 30-year-old driver of the Hummer is in custody and being interviewed by investigators. The gun used in the shooting has been recovered.
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