Interim court injunction stops Johansen from running Sierra Leone FA
An interim court injunction has
temporarily stopped the President of the Sierra Leone Football
Association (SLFA) Isha Johansen and three other executive committee
members from running the country's football affairs until their
legitimacy to govern has been proved.
The Sierra Leone High Court
granted the injunction at the request of some SLFA members on the
grounds that the mandate of Johansen, her two Vice Presidents - Brima
Mazola Kamara and Alie Kargbo - and ex-officio member Alie Badara
Tarawallie expired on 3 August.
Johansen and the three other officials have also been temporarily restrained from operating the SLFA bank accounts.
The
High Court ordered that one of the four regional chairmen in the SLFA's
executive committee - whose mandate remains valid - should be made a
Vice President to temporarily run the affairs of the SLFA.
The aggrieved SLFA members are also unhappy that the Johansen-led executive failed to convene an ordinary congress last month which should have paved the way for elections.
Fifa,
who are due in Freetown next month, had ordered the congress to be
postponed until integrity checks on current and potential SLFA executive
members had been carried out.
Fifa, who do not look kindly on external interference in football issues, continue to recognise the Johansen-led SLFA leadership until elections are conducted.
Johansen and the three other officials are yet to react to this latest development.
BBC
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