An Abuja Chief Magistrate District Court 11 sitting at Wuse Zone 2, has put in abeyance the warrant of arrest it had issued previously to the Special Presidential Investigative Panel (SPIP) headed by Chief Okoi Obono-Obla against the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick and four others. The four others are the federation’s two vice presidents, Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko, a board member, Ahmed Yusuf and Dr. Sanusi Mohammed, who is the board’s General Secretary.
The NFF had challenged the warrant for its officials’ arrest, saying it was obtained erroneously as it was ultra vires the enabling law establishing the SPIP.
Its counsel, Muhammed Sani Katu, who argued the application marked MN/04/2019, challenged the jurisdiction of the court, among others.
He therefore urged the court to vacate the arrest order.
Having reviewed the matter, the court held that there was no basis for a warrant of arrest to be issued against NFF officials under the law.
Reacting to the decision, Katu said: “Notwithstanding this positive and deserved outcome expected by our clients, we hold unto their firm instructions to pursue with utmost diligence and determination suit no. FC/ABJ/CS/17/2019 pending separately at the Federal High.
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