The crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) took a new dimension on Friday, as the police arrested Chris Giwa at the Glass House in Abuja.
Chris Giwa
Barrister Chris Giwa, a claimant to the presidency of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has been arrested by the police on Friday when he made attempt with his lieutenants to forcefully take over the secretariat of the NFF in Abuja.
According to reports, Giwa stormed the NFF secretariat in Abuja, popularly known as the Glass House, accompanied by all his board members,with the exception of Obinna Ogba, causing panic and saying he had come to take over the leadership of the football body.
He spent about 30 minutes in the building and was granting interviews to media as well as trying to take charge of administrative duties before a detachment of policemen asked him to leave.
It was gathered that the police prevented him from gaining access to the main building, before whisking him away to Wuse zone 3 police station in the federal capital territory.
It can be recalled that Giwa and Amaju Pinnick have been engaged in a tussle for the leadership of the federation, but the latest crisis started in April after Giwa claimed to have obtained an order from a federal high court in Jos to take over the control of the NFF.
He had announced new appointments and the dissolution of committees and state executives. But Pinnick through popular lawyer, Festus Keyamo, his counsel sent a petition to the inspector-general of police, saying there was no such order, and asked the police to arrest Giwa whom he accused of causing disorderliness.