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The
indefinite suspension placed on Nigeria by football’s world governing
body, FIFA may soon be lifted as the National Association of Nigerian
Footballers (NANF), led by Harrison Jalla, has agreed to an out of
court settlement – regarding the case the association brought against
officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

The association had
sued the elected board of the NFF as well as several top officials
including FIFA executive committee member Amos Adamu to the Federal
High Court in respect of the disputed August 26 elections into the NFF
executive committee.

The action was
however contrary to FIFA regulations and was one of the reasons given
by the world body on Monday for its decision to suspend Nigeria from
international football.

In a communiqué
jointly signed by Jalla, Adamu, former Super Eagles defender Taribo
West and five others, NANF agreed to an out of court settlement so as
to “ensure that Nigeria does not lose any of its FIFA-organised
qualifiers” scheduled for this weekend.

The qualifiers
comprise the African Under 20 Youth Championship qualifier between the
Flying Eagles and their Mauritian counterparts, and the 2012 Africa Cup
of Nations match in Conakry between Nigeria and Guinea.

There are however
certain conditions that need to be in place, in the opinion of NANF,
before the next hearing of the case on October 25 in Lagos. Top of the
conditions is that, all the issues contained in the suit filed by the
association must be resolved amicably between all the parties concerned
before the next court hearing.

Nigeria-Guinea game in doubt

Meanwhile, Guinea’s
national team coach Frenchman Michel Dussuyer has said the game between
the Super Eagles and Guinea, scheduled for Sunday has been postponed.

Speaking on
Wednesday morning to French sports magazine L’Equipe from Abidjan, Cote
D’Ivoire where the Guineans are preparing for the match, Dussuyer said
he got a fax from the Guinean FA saying the Nigeria encounter has been
postponed indefinitely.

“No reasons were given. We’re waiting for further clarifications,” Dussuyer said.

The NFF is however in the dark regarding the development.

According to its
media officer, Robinson Okosun, there has not been any official
communication from either the Guinean FA or the confederation of
African Football (CAF). Okosun said efforts had been made by the NFF to
get in touch with CAF’s media head Suleiman Habuba regarding this
development.

There is however a
possibility that the presidential election run-off in Guinea may have
been the reason behind the Guinean FA’s decision to postpone the game.

The presidential
election run-off now scheduled to take place on October 24, was meant
to take place in September, but was postponed after violent clashes
between rival supporters.

A subsequent date
of October 10 – the day the Nigeria-Guinea match was initially expected
to take place – was proposed but was not agreed upon because of a row
over who should lead the electoral commission.

The electoral commission was plunged into chaos last month when its
president was convicted of electoral fraud during the first round. He
later died after a long illness.