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NFF commences preliminary investigation on Salisu’s bribery scandal

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has begun an investigation on the alleged bribery scandal involving Super Eagles coach, Salisu Yusuf.

In a short video released by BBC on Wednesday, where he was caught receiving money from two fake football agents in a bid to include two players names at the 2017 CHAN tournament.

In a statement released on Friday by NFF’s director of communications, Ademola Olajire, he said that investigations are already underway to ascertain the fact behind the report.

“For now, the NFF has commenced a preliminary investigation into the matter to assist the Committee on Ethics and Fairplay.”

This post was last modified on November 30, 2018 2:04 pm

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