IMC announces match officials for Nigeria Premier Football League Super Six tourney 

By Wale Mustapha

The Interim Management Committee has disclosed names of match officials selected for the forth coming Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL Super Six Playoffs slated for Lagos next week.

In a release made available to nigeriafootball.ng on Wednesday, the match officials consist of eight Referees, eight Assistants, four Match Assessors, a referee trainer, and a match coordinator.

The match officials led the Faith Irabor led Committee will be used to prosecute 15 games at the playoffs.

Notable among the names of the selected officials are FIFA match arbiters Joseph Ogabor from Cross River State, Abubakar Abdullahi from Niger State and Patience Ndidi Madu from Enugu State.

Six teams including Rivers United, Lobi Stars, Remo Stars, Enyimba FC, Sunshine Stars and Insurance FC will be participating at the playoffs that will determine champions of 2022/2023 NPFL abridged season and two other teams for continental football next season.

Full list of Match Officials for Super Six:

REFEREES

1. Ogabor Joseph (Cross Rivers)

2. Kassimm Abdulasalam (Zamfara)

3. Bashir Salihu (Kano)

4. Abubakar Abudullahi (Niger)

5. Abdulmalik Madaki (FCT)

6. Ridwan Ayeni (Lagos)

7. Babayanju Saheed (Ondo)

8. Ndidi Patiece Madu (Enugu)

ASSISTANT REFEREES

1. Samuel Pwadwatukam (Adamwa)

2. Hope Igho (Lagos)

3. Usman Abdulmajid (Oyo)

4. Ahmad T. Mustapha (Katsina)

5. Muhammed Yakubu Mahmud (Bauchi)

6. Digbori Tejiri (Delta)

7. Abibat Yusuf (Rivers)

8. Moses Alayemola (Sokoto)

ASSESSORS

1. Felicia Okwugba (Plateau)

2. Peter Edibe (Cross- Rivers)

3. Emmaunel Imiere (Edo)

4. Oba James Odenran (Oyo)

REFEREE TRAINER

1. Chukwujekwu C.C (Lagos)

MATCH OFFICIAL COORDINATOR

1. Zubairu Sani – Head Refereeing Unit

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

1. Mrs Faith Iriabor – Chairman (Edo)

2. Bello Abubakar – Member (Sokoto)