The Referees
Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has retired Referee Abiodun Alaba
of Ogun State with immediate effect. After its
meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, during which it routinely reviewed the
performance of all referees in the Nigeria Professional Football League matches
in the past two months, the committee said it was taking the decision as a
result of Alaba’s flagrant mismanagement of matches.
“Referee
Abiodun Alaba lost absolute control of the NPFL Match No. 223 between MFM FC
[Lagos] and Shooting Stars of Ibadan played at the Agege Stadium, Lagos on
Sunday, 19 June 2016. He was not able to manage several frustrating antics of
players during the match in spite of the helpful support from his assistant
referees.
“The
Committee recalled that Referee Abiodun Alaba was suspended last season from
active refereeing for similar lapses. Since it had become obvious that he is
not going to be able to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the
Federation to improve on his art of refereeing in the past one year, the NFF Referees
Committee has decided to retire him from active football refereeing with
immediate effect,” the statement read.
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