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Fifa President Infantino commiserates with NFF over referee’s demise
By: Monsurah Olatunji
President of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, has commiserated with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the death of an accredited Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) referee, the late Kingsley Nnaemeka from Abia state.
Late Nnaemeka officiated in the recently concluded NPFL matchday five between Nasarawa United and Plateau United and the young referee died in a ghastly motor accident on his way back from Kaduna along the Lokoja-Enugu Road.
Nnaemeka who doubled as a medical doctor and a member of the Abia State referees council was one of the match officials in charge of Plateau United’s 2-1 victory over Nasarawa United in game week 5 of the NPFL.
In an Instagram post, the president of the world football governing body, Infantino, described the death of the referee as tragic.
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