The confederation of African Football (CAF)referee committee has banned a referee in Nigeria and it has been confirmed by the recommendation of its Disciplinary Board to ban Nigeria referee, Joseph Ogabor, from becoming a referee for any official match for one year over attempted match manipulation.
A statement on CAF website on Sunday said this was with respect to the Total CAF Confederation Cup 1/16th round first leg between Plateau United (Nigeria) and USM Alger (Algeria) played on April 7, 2018, in Lagos.
The decision follows investigations conducted and evidence submitted by the South African match officials of the match who were contacted by Ogabor to provide “technical assistance” to the Nigerian team.
Plateau United was also cautioned to refrain from the practice of hospitality gifts which tend to create wrong impression.
In a related development, the South African Football Association has been ordered to render an apology to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
This was noticed after investigations proved that there was no evidence of any official of the NFF being linked to an allegation of US$30,000 as bribe.
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