Giwa FC Appeals Expulsion from NPFL
Duro Ikhazuagbe
Embattled Jos-based Giwa FC monday made a
formal request to have its ejection from the Nigeria Professional
Football League (NPFL) re-examined.
The League Management Company, (LMC)
confirmed in a statement yesterday that Giwa FC has appealed its ruling
of last Friday which threw out the team from the NPFL after missing
three cumulative games of the ongoing season.
Giwa is asking for its appeal case to be handled by a commission for fairness.
“The above subject matter refers. We are
in receipt of your letter of 20th May, 2016 on the above subject
matter. We hereby notify you that we do not accept any of the sanctions
imposed on our club and further add that we elect to be dealt with by a
commission,” Giwa FC wrote in a letter dated May 21, 2016 to the league
organisers.
While the appeal matter is pending, the
LMC has already effected the cancellation of all matches played by Giwa
FC this season from its official website. The Jos club is now 20th on
the log after expunging all results it chalked up in the 2015/2016 from
the official teams standings.
Giwa FC was thrown out of the country’s
top division for missing three cumulative matches which flouts Rule
B13.28 of the NPFL Framework and Rules for the season.
The rule states: “If a club fails to
honour three matches cumulatively within the league season without an
acceptable reason to the LMC such a club shall be expelled from the
league and its matches played and unplayed shall be cancelled.”
No date has been announced to hear the
appeal of Giwa FC though the LMC stated that the club “will now appear
before the relevant authority in the coming days to hear their appeal.”
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