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| Mr Fix it,Henry Chukwuma Okoroji. |
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| Ogenyi Onazi |
Remember the outcry during the build up to the Nigeria Scotland game? There was some controversy about match fixing..apparently someone had approached a Nigerian player about match fixing and he informed the police.Well there's another angle revealing itself now.
Henry Chukwuma Okoroji, a Nigerian match fixer has been indicted in a match fixing scam after he was caught on camera telling an undercover UK Sun Newspaper reporter, Mahzher Mahmood, he could arrange a yellow card during the World Cup games for more than 41,000pounds and a penalty for 81,000pounds.Daily Mail reports that Okoroji spoke with the reporter in company of his associate, Joe, in
a hotel room in Milan, Italy. He was recorded saying he could facilitate different outcomes on the football field, including a red card, depending on the amount the reporter was willing to pay. He was reported to have said that he was working with two other Nigerian players as well as a senior official of the Nigerian Football Federation in the match-fixing scam, who he said could help influence the Nigerian squad in the world cup.
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| A Nigerian supporter outside craven cottage Fulham before the Nigeria Scotland game. |
In a bid to prove his credibility, Okoroji was said to have invited a Nigerian/Lazio footballer, Ogenyi Onazi to the hotel but Onazi is not thought to be involved in the plot.