Referee Faro Abdulrahman from Lagos state council may be the first casualty to be de-listed from the list of Nigerian referees for a period of 4years if the threat from the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Alh, Ibrahim Gusau is taken serious.
The NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau reiterates that they would not only reprimand or suspend any referee found culpable of bringing the game to disrepute, but will be deleted from the list of Nigeria referees for as long as the tenure of this present executive committee will last.
“If you suspend a referee , he will use emissaries to beg for leniency, we will delete such a referee from our list. We want to build the league to be viable and strong, so that it can attract sponsors and bring back the spectators to the stadium ” he said.
“We’re rebuilding the league, and we want to return the people’s confidence to the league so we’ll not allow anybody to drag us backwards, and even if that person is from Gusau he will be deleted. We have to get it right in other to regain the confidence the Nigerian people put on us” he added.
Meanwhile, the NFF referees committee has so far suspended 3 referees Ndubuisi Ukah, from Imo state , Otuwho Morrison, AR-II from Delta state and Faro Abdulrahman from Lagos state council for poor performance and they are to appear before the committee to explain what happened in their respective matches(www.insidenews247.com)