Siasia responds to FIFA allegations

Embattled Ex-Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia,  has accused FIFA of bias and vowed to clear his name after world governing body FIFA handed the former U-23 coach a life ban from football over an allegation of match-fixing brought against him.

Siasia who was in charge of Nigeria from 2010-11 and in 2016 was also in charge of the country’s U-20 and U-23 sides expressed shock and anger at his ban adding that he never received any letter from FIFA. 

“I don’t know anything about this. I did nothing wrong and I have not received any letter from FIFA. How can you ban someone who was never given a chance to defend himself? I will fight and clear name,” Siasia stated

FIFA released a statement on Friday that the adjudicatory chamber of their independent Ethics Committee found that Siasia was “guilty of having accepted that he would receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics.”

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