World Cup: Court declines to stop Super Eagles Supporters Club

Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday declined to bar the Nigeria Eagles Supporters Club from parading themselves as a supporters club in the country.

The Nigeria Football Supporters Club had through an ex parte motion approached the court seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Eagles Supporters from parading themselves or operating as a supporters club.

Justice Tsoho in a ruling yesterday declined the request, instead, he ordered the applicant to put the Eagles Supporters on notice by serving them with the court processes.

“Having considered affidavit evidence and arguments of all counsel, I hold the view that the applicant’s application is not sustained, and it is therefore struck out.

“Prayer one as couched by the applicant, is no doubt bereft of logic,” the judge said.

The judge said that by the averrements in the affidavit in support of the motion, the applicant failed to prevent the complained anomaly and could therefore not hold anyone responsible.

The judge added that the second relief sought by the applicant was already a completed act as the eagles supporters had already been registered and incorporated by the CAC.

“The law is trite that already done or completed acts or events cannot be restrained; prayer two is not grantable as the act sought to be restrained is already completed.”

Justice Tsoho opined that the alternative was for the applicant to seek nullification of the incorporation of the eagles supporters.

The applicant in their originating summons had asked for an order of perpetual injunction restraining them from parading or purporting to be the Nigeria Eagles Supporters Club.

The applicant also asked for an order for interim suspension of the incorporation of the Nigeria Eagles Supporters Club by the Corporate Affairs Commission, the second respondent in the suit.