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The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has urged the public and potential partners to ignore Total Promotions’ claims to the league’s broadcast rights.
Nigeria Premier League Limited/Gte, in a statement titled “Restatement of Allegations by Total Promotions,” said the allegations are completely baseless and have no legal validity.
“We would like to reiterate that these claims by ‘Total Promotions Limited’ are completely baseless, factually inaccurate and have no legal validity,” said a statement obtained by the Guardian. has been written.
The group cited a 2010 judgment by a Federal High Court judge ordering the liquidation of the Nigeria Football League Limited, the entity that had granted the broadcast rights to Total Promotions in 2006, and said it was against the NPFL’s stated position. expressed judicial support.
“In Case No. FHC/ABJ/CS/179/2010 (Sam Jaja v. Nigeria Football League Limited and 4 others), Justice Okorowo of the Federal High Court orders the compulsory liquidation of NFL Limited, a business entity. Please note that we have awarded the broadcast rights to Total Promotions.”
It argued that the 2010 judgment invalidated all rights assigned to Total Promotions. “As a result of the judgment, all rights assigned by the Nigeria Football League Ltd. to Total Promotions are extinguished as they are consequently stripped of their license to organize the league,” the statement continued.
Relying on the contract law position, NPFL argued that “the concepts of ‘frustration of contract’ and ‘force majeure’ are recognized in Nigerian contract law.”
“Performance of the contract between Total Promotions and NFL Limited has become impossible due to the latter’s bankruptcy and termination by the court.”
NPFL also questioned how Total Promotions could still claim the NPFL broadcast rights even though the contract on which Total Promotions relied had expired and the entity that transferred the rights had died pursuant to a court order. I also had doubts.
“In addition to the fact that the contract for the broadcast rights granted to Total Promotions has expired, the entity that granted the rights has ceased to exist due to the cited court order,” it declared.
In a statement, the Nigeria Premier League Limited/Gte (RC No. 6862169) was established on February 2, 2023 by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to organize the Nigeria Premier Football League. He said he had obtained a license from the National Federation of Nations (NFF). .
“NPL Limited does not inherit the title of the previous company. It is also important to note that the defunct League Management Company (LMC) has been in ongoing legal conflict with Total Promotions and that the company is in various jurisdictions. It is also recorded that he won the lawsuit he filed.
“Public commenters have asked whether Total Promotions owns the lifetime rights to the league’s broadcasts, and noted with concern that the company does not have the broadcast production track record, facilities, or broadcast platform.
“When we held the rights from 2006 to 2011, we outsourced the production to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and aired one game a week. For many years, the company had been trying to remove corporate entities from the league. He has developed a reputation for provocative confrontation with companies seeking to partner with the league, writing targeted threatening letters and placing newspaper ads.
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Source: guardian.ng