AFN Crisis: Shehu Gusau Remains President - Appeal Court. No, Supreme Court Will Determine That - Olamide George

AFN Crisis: Shehu Gusau Remains President - Appeal Court. No, We Are Going To Supreme Court - Olamide George

By Niyi Busari

Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Friday (today) dismissed the Ministry of Sports case against Engr. Ibrahim Shehu-Gusau, BSNSports.com.ng can report.

On December 3rd, 2020 Gusau was removed as the President, Athletics Federation of Nigeria by the Board and was replaced by the Vice-president, Hon. Olamide George following the unanimous decision of eight Board members .

The Board also announced Brown Ebewele as the Technical Director of the federation replacing Sunday Adeleye while Mr Okon Gabriel was announced the new Performance Director.

On 1st July 2020, the Federal High Court in Abuja affirmed that Engr. Ibrahim Shehu-Gusau as the president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), while sacking the board led by Olamide George.

In his ruling Hon. Justice A. I. Chikere said that only the President of the athletics federation had the powers to call a congress and appoint a Technical Director.

The court therefore nullified the purported suspension and subsequent impeachment of Gusau as well as all other actions and resolutions taken by the Olamide George's led AFN.

The court also reinstated Sunday Adeleye as the Technical Director while declaring that the purported appointment of Olamide George as Acting President of the AFN as a nullity and went ahead to set it aside.

The case was then taken to Appeal Court by the Ministry of Sports. The case which the Appeal Court dismissed insisting that Gusau remains AFN President.

Reacting to the Appeal Court ruling, Olamide George told BSN Sports that the case will be taken to the Supreme Court where according to him, the real president of the federation will be determined.