“We wanted it signed so that all relevant authorities will be served and to God be the glory, that has been done and it is our right.

“As long as the Nigerian law is concerned, we are the recognised elected football authority in Nigeria today; so we will be there (NFF secretariat) by the grace of God,’’ Giwa said.

Giwa noted that part of the reasons his board decided to reclaim its mandate was because of last year’s decision of the NFF congress to amend the rules guiding elections into the board of the NFF.

He said that a situation where right was only given to former and present state FA chairmen as well as NFF board members to contest elections on the NFF board was detrimental to football development.

He also dissolved the board of all state Football Associations, noting that their existence was an offshoot of the Pinnick-led board which had been declared illegal by the court.

“Therefore, all state Football Associations stand dissolved; existing board members in the states are free to re-contest their positions’’.

Giwa explained that they did not go to Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) to challenge any election but rather to challenge the letters written by FIFA to congratulate Pinnick.

He said that contrary to reports that their matter was dismissed at CAS, the court only cleared the air on the accusation we levelled against FIFA that it had recognised Pinnick’s board.

“We went to CAS for two reasons; one was the letter FIFA sent on Aug. 29, 2014 and the second was the letter Sepp Blatter sent to Pinnick congratulating him.

“We never went to CAS for it say whether we were right or wrong and we never went to CAS to challenge the election of Sept. 30.

“I remember that the chairman of the panel asked FIFA lawyer why that letter was sent to Pinnick because a FIFA statute does not give them powers to do that.