The world football governing body FIFA
has started investigation into a recent allegation that the Super
Eagles’ 2010 World Cup qualifying matches were rigged for them.
The spokesperson for the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Ademola Olajire, confirmed to The PUNCH on Wednesday that they have received correspondence from FIFA on the matter.
He said, “Yes, they (FIFA) have wrote to
us and both sides are collaborating to get to the root of the
allegation. They said they need to watch the tapes of the matches we
played throughout our qualification (for the 2010 World Cup) closely.
We
have forwarded the letter to our match-fixing officer (Dr. Mohammed
Sanusi) and NFF’s Integrity Officer (Dr. Christian Emeruwa). All
enquiries should now go to FIFA as I explained in my earlier release on
the matter.”
A self-confessed and convicted
Singaporean match-fixer Wilson Raj Pemural claimed in his recently
released book that he helped Nigeria and Honduras to qualify for the
South Africa 2010 World Cup.
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