CAF CONFEDERATION CUP: Court of Arbitration for Sports receives request to file suit against NFF
The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has acknowledged receipt of a notification filed by a Kano-based Nigerian sports writer, Abdulgafar Oladimeji, seeking to file a dispute against the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Oladimeji’s lawyer, Yusuf Abdulsalam of Bright Attorneys, wrote in a letter to CAS dated 15th August, 2022, that his client “is desirous of challenging and consequently causing the reversal of the decision of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to choose the Nigerian representative in the CAF Confederation Cup 2022/2023 through a means that clearly violates the laid down procedure for the selection of such a representative.
The letter added that “We have been briefed that NFF’s action has visibly caused a disruption in an ongoing competition which was supposed to culminate in the selection of the Nigerian representatives.
“We were also briefed that NFF’s action has equally caused disharmony in the football circle in Nigeria, the same way it has caused disillusion among football fans and sports writers.
“We submit this notification to CAS as an obligation before the main dispute could be heard.
“We therefore seek CAS leave for our client to proceed with the action.
CAS secretariat replied days after that “your below email of 15 August 2022 and the attached letter of the same date, and understand that you are writing with respect to potentially filing a case at CAS. I also note in this regard that you have requested access to the CAS E-filing Platform in order to file your case.”
The Court informed him of the need to initiate an appeal arbitral proceeding, inclusive of “the complete Statement of Appeal” and other sundry requirements.
SOURCE: Nigerian Sketch
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