Court orders re-reinstatement of Giwa FC back to NPFL

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Court orders re-reinstatement of Giwa FC back to NPFL

Sequel to the expulsion of Giwa Football Club of Jos, a Federal High Court sitting in Bukuru, Jos, Plateau State, has granted the prayers of the club seeking it’s reinstatement to the Nigerian Professional Football League.
Counsel to Giwa FC, SD Ekara, had tabled five prayers before the Court.

In a judgement delivered by vacation judge, Justice I.I. Kunda, on the 12th of August, 2016, the League Management Company and the Nigerian Football Federation were restrained from stopping Giwa Football Club from playing matches in the Nigerian Professional Football League pending the determination of the motion on notice.


The Judge also ordered the first and second respondents to reschedule all the matches that Giwa FC failed to play as a result of its purported expulsion from the league.

The LMC was also ordered to immediately return all the players of Giwa FC that were summarily released and signed by other clubs.

However, Justice Kunda fixed the 23rd of August, 2016, for the hearing of the motion on notice.