Like Nff Psac Stordi the world of football by reversing his housekeeper on Rivers United Vs Echeta Controversia

In an extraordinary and unprecedented move, the status of the players of Nigeria Football Federation and the arbitration committee (NFF PSAC) have reversed their judgment in the high -profile contractual dispute between Rivers United FC and the former Deputy Player ECHETA, six months after having issued a final sentence, reports Sports247.

The controversial inversion, handed down on March 1, 2025, but made public only at the end of April, has left the legal experts and football stakeholders bewildered.

Directly contradicts PSAC’s previous decision from 2 December 2024, which has pronounced itself in favor of ECHETA, citing multiple violations of the FIFA regulations by Rivers United.

The original judgment: a clear case

In its initial sentence, the PSAC made the following key results:

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4. Excessive transfer tax: the club requested N15 million loan from the stars of the sun, despite the fact that the latter offered N1 million: a move has considered an deliberated effort to block his career progression.

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6. Amonition: Rivers United has been chastised for the bad faith and actions that have scored Echeta’s career and economic freedom.

Despite the sentence, Echeta remained without a club while the sun stars delayed the signature until the transfer window is opened. In January 2025, an anchor of salvation came from a foreign club that offers a short -term contract.

However, when ECHETA presented his authorization issued by PSAC to register abroad, the manager of the NFF transfer correspondence system (TMS) refused to issue his international transfer certificate (ITC), contrary to the standard protocol.

Only through the intervention based on the guidelines of the FIFA magazine was the recorded player at the end, making the provisional authorization practically redundant.

The shocking inversion

In a turning point that many call a “procedural misfortune”, the NFF PSAC has silently returned the case on March 1, 2025, without notifying or inviting ECHETA to the hearing. Instead, only the spins United was granted the public and the committee made the step unprecedented for the overturning of its previous decision.

This move flies in front of the standard arbitration procedure. PSAC had initially recognized that only a higher legal authority, such as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), could review or overturn the sentence.

In addition, the procedural time limits for accommodation had already expired when the case has been reopened.

The new sentence: a legal contradiction

The new sentence of the Committee includes the following points:

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Confusion breaks the bone

Legal experts indicate the existence of two judgments in conflict of equal legal weight as an evident defect that now complicates the application and undermines the integrity of the arbitration organism.

More worrying is that the last judgment has been issued in the absence of a part, a violation of the basic principles of the right hearing.

A precedent of the chaos

The repercussions of this case could be seismic for the dispute resolution framework of Nigerian football disputes.

Reverting its decision without the adequate procedure or jurisdiction, the PSAC may have created a dangerous precedent, in which the established cases could be reopened without cause or right process.

“This is not just a false step, it is a collapse of credibility,” said a legal analyst who asked not to be appointed. “You can’t act as judge and appeal on the same question. It is unheard of.”

The unanswered question

While the interested parties try to make sense of this extraordinary inversion, a critical question lingers:

What has changed between December 2024 and March 2025 to request this legal face?

Was there an external pressure? Political influence? Or internal interference by powerful actors within the football ecosystem?

Whatever the cause, the credibility of the PSAC is now in the balance. Once seen as a bastion of fairness, the integrity of the committee is now under intense control and, unless this decision is examined.

The risks of Nigerian football descend in an era where justice is neither predictable nor guaranteed.

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