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 (NPFL) 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. 23 between MFM FC of 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,” said a statement to thenff.com.
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