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August 21, 2019
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF said on Mondaythat they were “shocked” by a life ban on former national coach Samson Siasiaby FIFA for bribery, vowing to overturn it.
On Friday, the governing body of world footballbanned Siasia, 52, from football, following a long-running investigation intoconvicted match-fixer, Wilson Raj Perumal.
After his arrest, Perumal collaborated withinvestigators.
FIFA’s Ethics Committee found Siasia guilty ofhaving accepted that he would receive bribes in relation to the manipulation ofmatches in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics.
Siasia, a striker, played 51 times for Nigeria andhad two short spells as national coach.
Acting NFF president Seyi Akinwunmi said in astatement that the FIFA report had been given to the body’s lawyers to studyand provide legal advice to the federation,” he said, adding that Siasia “gavehis all for Nigeria.