- Samson Siasia Reacts, Says He Didn’t Get Any Letter From FIFA
Nollywood actress and screenwriter Uche Jombo has shared her piece of opinion on Samson Siasia’s life ban by the world football governing body, FIFA for match-fixing, noting that the decision is a bad one for the Nigerian soccer space.
The producer and mother of one took to Twitter to weigh in on the issue as she writes, “This Samson Siasia matter is bad for naija football… handed a life ban by FIFA and fined $50k for “accepting” to take bribes to manipulate games“.
Speaking about the ban in a chat with veteran sports journalist, Colin Udoh, however, Siasia said he didn’t know anything about the ban yet as he had not gotten any letter from FIFA “I don’t know anything about this. I did nothing wrong and I have not received any letter from FIFA.”
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According to Udoh, Siasia was angry, noting that he was not given the opportunity to defend himself. “Siasia also told me -very angrily – that he was never invited to defend himself and is hearing about all of this for the first time”, he said.
