Chris Giwa and his executive committee have retaken the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) office in Abuja after operatives of Department for State Security withdrew their siege there.
The Giwa group is locked in a power tussle with the faction led by Amaju Pinnick.
“But we were alarmed when some members of the Giwa group stormed the premises shortly after the DSS left,” a staff was quoted by an online media.
“They went around the offices, entered into the secretary generals and other offices.
“We don’t know what would happen next because these men said they are back in power.”
A member of the Giwa group added: “We are back in control of the secretariat.
“The acting general secretary, Emmanuel Ikpeme, is here and so are the other board members.”
No member of the NFF board was around when the Giwa men arrived in the Glass House.
The NFF President, Pinnick and the federation’s secretary general, Sanusi Mohammed are away in France, where the national U-20 women team, Falconets, are engaged in the FIFA U-20 Women World Cup.
Nigeria will meet Haiti in their second group game of the competition.
Giwa, who claims to be the rightfully elected NFF president, has been engaged in a leadership tussle with Pinnick, who was elected as NFF president in Warri in 2014.
The dispute has been in court since FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) rejected Giwa’s bid for recognition as NFF president.
He has since been banned globally by FIFA from all football-related activities
A Jos Federal High Court, which is currently hearing the case, at the last sitting, adjourned it till September 25.
Last month, DSS men acting on “orders from above” stormed the NFF office commando style to return Mohammed Sanusi to the secretariat despite a subsisting court order against the Pinnick group.
However, following yesterday’s sack of DSS director general Lawal Daura, the security operatives were withdrawn today.
