The Abuja headquarters of the NFF was sealed by men of the police following the tussle between president, Amaju Pinnick and faction head Chris Giwa.

Staff of the NFF were initially turned back by uniformed men at the entrance in the morning of Monday, April 11.

The minister revealed that he asked for the police protection over what the NFF office because it was ‘his property’.

“We discovered that there were plans by some people attempting to take over power. I had to call the inspector-general of police to secure my property for me which is the secretariat and the staff there,” Dalung told Brila FM in an interview.

A Jos High Court on Friday, April 8 sacked Pinnick as president of the NFF while faction head Giwa was ruled as the new boss of the federation.

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Giwa has always claimed that the September, 2014 election which put Pinnick in office was faulty but his case has been ruled out by FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sports.

The NFF responded to the court ruling by filing an appeal, a motion to vacate the order and a motion for a stay-of-execution against the judgement of the Jos High Court.

The appeal filed on the same day means the status quo remains, meaning Pinnick remains NFF President pending determination of suit.

Despite the appeal by the NFF leadership, Giwa still insisted that he will be resuming at the NFF headquarters on Monday as boss of the federation in accordance with the Jos High Court ruling.

“I have not been served the court order so I cannot speculate. Court orders are factual situations that determine the rights of people, but I’ve not been served with any. That explains why I cannot speak.

“In any case if there is a court order, that court order gives a right of 30 days of appeal to the person that the statement was given against. So that 30 days must expire first before people can make any move. Otherwise the same court that nullified the election will surely give the other person the right to appeal.”