Taraba FA Crisis: Heman appeals his removal

The factional chairman of the Taraba Football Association, Timothy Heman, has filed an appeal against his removal by the Federal High Court Jalingo.

Recall that the Federal High Court Jalingo, presided over by Justice Simone A.  Amobeda, had last week asked Heman to stop parading himself as chairman of the Taraba Football Association and also requested the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), to recognize Mahmud S. Mohammed, as chairman of the Association.

But Heman had approached the Court of Appeal Yola seeking a stay of execution.

In a suit before the court, he prayed the judge to restrain his opponent, Mahmud Sanusi Mohammed from execution of the Federal High Court order pending the determination of his suit.

According to the Counsel to Heman, Barrister Bweno Dauda, the “learned trial judge erred in Law and occasioned a miscarriage of justice when he assumed jurisdiction to entertain and determine the suit between the parties