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Giwa Football Club has been expelled from the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) by the League Management Company (LMC) for "multiple infractions of the Framework and Rules of the NPFL”.
According to a statement released by Harry Iwuala, the organisation’s Head of Special projects, Giwa FC violated article B13.28 of the rules.
“The article prescribes expulsion from the league for any club which fails to honour three matches cumulatively within a season with no acceptable reason to the LMC,” it said.
Giwa FC is owned by Chris Giwawho is locked in a leadership tussle with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board.
Giwa FC fans were found to have disrupted its match with Rangers International FC of Enugu in Jos last month. The club then refused to appear for the match’s re-arranged remainder in Abuja, and three other matches at the Ilorin ground the LMC had ordered it to for its home matches.
The LMC, in addition to ordering a forfeiture of all funds due to Giwa FC from the LMC, also invoked Rule B13.66 to make pronouncements protecting the club’s players.
This grants them the waiver to terminate their contracts with the club for “just cause” or “sporting just cause”.
It also releases them for contracts with other clubs during the ongoing season.
News Agency of Nigeria
According to a statement released by Harry Iwuala, the organisation’s Head of Special projects, Giwa FC violated article B13.28 of the rules.
“The article prescribes expulsion from the league for any club which fails to honour three matches cumulatively within a season with no acceptable reason to the LMC,” it said.
Giwa FC is owned by Chris Giwawho is locked in a leadership tussle with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board.
Giwa FC fans were found to have disrupted its match with Rangers International FC of Enugu in Jos last month. The club then refused to appear for the match’s re-arranged remainder in Abuja, and three other matches at the Ilorin ground the LMC had ordered it to for its home matches.
The LMC, in addition to ordering a forfeiture of all funds due to Giwa FC from the LMC, also invoked Rule B13.66 to make pronouncements protecting the club’s players.
This grants them the waiver to terminate their contracts with the club for “just cause” or “sporting just cause”.
It also releases them for contracts with other clubs during the ongoing season.
News Agency of Nigeria
