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Club owner drags Kano state football association to court, over alleged violation of fundamental human rights

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"62z22ZQ0" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Abdulgafar Oladimeji<&sol;p><div class&equals;"YX0frG9M" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The chairman&comma; Alfindinki football club&comma; one Abba Hamza Baba has dragged Kano state Football Association &comma; KSFA before the state high court &comma; over the claims of an alleged violation of his fundamental human rights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Abba in an motion on notice has told the court that his grievance’s against Kano FA was brought pursuant to the provisions of section 35&comma; 40 and 46 of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria as amended&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He told the court that Kano FA chairman&comma; Sharif Rabiu Inuwa Ahlan&comma; Kano FA secretary&comma; one Shehu Buhari&comma; Kano FA vice chairman&comma; Aminu China have jointly denied him the right to feature his players in the state Tofa premier league&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"xJK20oz3" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; on protesting against his alleged maltreatment by the respondents &comma; the FA instituted criminal complaints against him with the police&comma; leading to his arrest &comma; detention and arraignment before the state chief magistrate court no 23&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The club proprietor in an affidavit sworn in support of the motion on notice dated 17th April &comma; 2025&comma; said that he obtained Tofa premier league slot belonging to the now defunct Warriors football club at the sum of N700&comma;000&comma; adding that he was forced to pay the state FA N350&comma;000 being 50 percent commission for the purchase of the slot &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The plaintiff told the court that&comma; he also paid the sum of N120&comma;000 to the state FA through Tofa Premier league Forum&comma; adding that he further paid the sum of N58&comma;000&comma; for what he said the state FA termed as unattached fees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Abba further alleged that&comma; on the 15th of February&comma;&comma; 2025 &comma; he paid the sum of N165&comma;000&comma; into the account of the state FA being payment for the clearance of three players that were transferred from Kano Municipal football club to his club&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The club fulfilled all the laid out requirements to feature in the Tofa Premier&comma; though were denied the opportunity to compete in the league&comma; by the state FA&comma; the court heard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The club owner through his attorney&comma; Mahmud Ishaq then prayed the court to declare the actions carried out by Sharif Rabiu Inuwa Ahlan&comma; Shehu Buhari&comma; Aminu China against the plaintiff as unlawful&comma; unconstitutional and amounts to the deprivation of his constitutional rights to association&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He further prayed the court to order the respondents to release the players license to Abba Hamza Baba &comma; asking the court to also order the respondents to tender an apology for their wrongful actions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The respondents had earlier filled an preliminary objection&comma; stating that the court lacks the jurisdiction to preside over the matter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Kano high court no 4 sitting at Audu Bako secretariat preside over by justice usman Na’Abba had fixed the matter for July 10 for hearing&comma; the state FA chairman and secretary &comma;on the fixed date had written to notify the court that they would not be able to attend the court session&comma; the advocate for Aminu China was however present in court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The matter is adjourned to July 24&comma; for hearing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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