Giwa FC appeal league expulsion

Giwa FC have made a formal request to the League Management Company to have their expulsion from the Nigerian league reviewed.

The Jos club in a letter to the LMC on Saturday rejected the punishment handed out to the team and asked that their matter “be dealt with by a commission.”

The letter from Giwa date May 21, 2016 read, “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.”

The letter was signed by the club secretary Samson Adamu.

They were expelled from the NPFL by the LMC as a result of their failure to honour three consecutive league games after they were banished to Ilorin. They were forced to the venue following crowd trouble that marred their Matchday 12 game against Rangers at the Rwang Pam Stadium in Jos.

The Nigerian league Rule B13.28 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 by the LMC to hear the appeal but stated that the club “will now appear before the relevant authority in the coming days to hear their appeal.”

The LMC has cancelled the Giwa team’s results against the other teams. They are now placed on the 20th position in the latest NPFL table released by LMC.

Also on Monday, the LMC announced the opening of the transfer window.

The circular to all clubs announced the opening of the mid-season transfer window but also reminded the clubs that for any registration to be approved, attestation letter from the players and coaches of the clubs must be presented confirming that their obligations to the players and coaches have been fully met.

“Kindly be advised that pursuant to Rules B9.61 and B9.63 of the Framework and Rules of the NPFL, the second Transfer Window of the 2015/16 NPFL season opens at 8.00am on Monday, May 23 and closes at 5.00pm on Friday, June 3, 2016.”