NFF Invasion: Court Order Has Not Changed - Dalung
Minister of Youth and Sports
Barrister Solomon Dalung has stated that nothing has changed after the Supreme
Court ruling and Orders of the Federal High Court in Jos on the Nigeria
Football Federation on April 27, 2018.
This followed the invasion of the
Glass House by security operatives this morning.
Barrister Dalung said in a statement
that the status quo remains.
"As far as I am concerned,
nothing has changed. There is no development after the Supreme Court ruling of
April 27, 2018 and the Federal High Court Order of 5th June 2018 because
the court has not vacated the order.
"Those who are presently trying
to instigate confusion, using the name of the President must be aware that the
President cannot go against the rule of law. The Order issued by the court has
not been vacated and the President cannot vacate a court order because there
are clear cut processes of doing that.
"What happened in the NFF today
is security excesses but it will be sorted out. The Federal government is
urging members of the public to remain calm as it is doing its best to resolve
the crises in the Nigeria Football Federation.
"The Ministry of Youth and
Sports Development has already initiated a process of trying to bring the
stakeholders together, to work out a road map out of this quagmire. The
Stakeholders’ meeting billed for Tuesday July 24, 2018 will still go ahead as
planned.
"We want to assure Nigerians
that Government is sorting out the grey areas but nobody should drag the name
of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria into this. The President is
an advocate of the Rule of Law and he cannot be associated with the security
excesses of a breach of the Rule of Law.
We urge the civil servants in the
federation to remain calm and go about their normal duties.
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