The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that the players and officials engaged in 2 promotion playoff games that produced scandalous 79-0 and 67-0 results have been banned for life.
According to the recommendations made by the organising committee of the NFF, the 8 referees and assistant referees who supervised the matches — Mohammed Mohammed, S. Chiroma, A. Shina, H. Murtala, Umar Garba, M. Salahudin, Sani Abdul and Hassan Pegt earned life ban for their roles. All 4 amateur clubs are banned for 10 years.
“The NFF have accepted the recommendations and they will be communicated to the clubs, the state FA’s, CAF and FIFA. We will publish all the names of players and officials with their photographs and details,” NFF vice-president Mike Umeh who headed the committee said in Abuja on Monday.
He said while the winners were desperate to win, the losers were too willing to lose, although the committee could not establish any exchange of money or material inducement.
“Circumstantial evidence was overwhelmingly high and points to only one conclusion — that of match fixing of unprecedented nature — which has brought global embarrassment to Nigeria Football Federation, in particular, and the nation in general.”
Captain of Akurba, Anjide Said Timothy, who scored three own goals against his team, was given special mention for championing the scandalous result.
In the promotion play-offs into the Nigeria Nationwide League Division 3, the lowest tier of Nigeria domestic League, Plateau United Feeders beat Akurba FC 79-0, while Police Machine FC demolished Bubayaro FC 67-0.
He said while the winners were desperate to win, the losers were too willing to lose, although the committee could not establish any exchange of money or material inducement.
“Circumstantial evidence was overwhelmingly high and points to only one conclusion — that of match fixing of unprecedented nature — which has brought global embarrassment to Nigeria Football Federation, in particular, and the nation in general.”
Captain of Akurba, Anjide Said Timothy, who scored three own goals against his team, was given special mention for championing the scandalous result.
In the promotion play-offs into the Nigeria Nationwide League Division 3, the lowest tier of Nigeria domestic League, Plateau United Feeders beat Akurba FC 79-0, while Police Machine FC demolished Bubayaro FC 67-0.
Source: Punch
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