Cynosure Soccer Membership has formally appealed to the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) in opposition to a call by the Ebonyi State Soccer Affiliation Disciplinary Committee to ban the membership and its chairman, Prince Chidiebere Nwaeze, from all football-related actions within the state for 2 years.
In accordance with Sports activities Concave, the attraction, dated August 4, 2026, was addressed to the Chairman of the NFF Organising and Disciplinary Committee in Abuja and has been obtained by the workplace of the NFF Common Secretary.
Within the attraction, Nwaeze challenged the ruling issued by the Ebonyi State FA Disciplinary Committee on August 3, asking the NFF to assessment the sanctions.
The attraction additionally challenges the advice that the NFF ought to impose a nationwide ban on each Nwaeze and Cynosure FC.
Cynosure FC stated the attraction was filed according to the dispute decision course of offered below the NFF Statutes (March 2026) and the Nationwide League One (NLO) Guidelines and Laws 2025.
The membership stated it’s a duly registered NLO crew and is scheduled to participate within the South-East Centre playoffs, that are resulting from start on August 7, 2026, in Aba, Abia State.
Cynosure FC additionally identified that it had beforehand appealed an earlier sanction imposed by the NLO earlier than the NFF Organising and Disciplinary Committee. The choice was later overturned and the ban lifted.
The membership is now asking the NFF Organising and Disciplinary Committee to assessment the Ebonyi State FA resolution and decide whether or not the sanctions are according to the principles and laws governing Nigerian soccer.
With the attraction pending, the choice might have an effect on the NLO South-East Centre playoffs. Cynosure FC is subsequently calling for the competitors to be placed on maintain till the NFF reaches a call on the matter.
The NFF is anticipated to think about the attraction and talk its resolution according to its disciplinary and appeals procedures.
