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Was key Nigerian football game fixed?

Friday, August 25, 2006; Posted: 9:14 a.m. EDT (13:14 GMT)

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Manage Alerts | What Is This? LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Nigerian soccer officials are investigating how a league team that scored only 12 goals in 14 games scored 13 in the last game of the season to win promotion.

Akwa United beat Calabar Rovers 13-0 on August 12 to gain promotion to the Premier League ahead of rival Bussdor. Bussdor would have been promoted had United scored any fewer goals.

Bussdor complained the referee had sent off three Rovers players, including the goalkeeper, and the league has set up a committee to look into the affair.

"The committee will probe a petition from Bussdor saying the match was fixed to enable Akwa United to gain promotion," Nigerian Professional League executive secretary Salifu Abubakar said.

In March, the head of the Nigerian Football Association caused a stir when he told referees they could take bribes but should still be fai

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What did you expect from kai kai Republic, Can you imagine NBA commissioner telling NBA refs that they can take bribe as long as they are fair. Come on people how can the ref be fair, if a team give him N100,000 and the other give him N20,000. Which do you think is gonna win. Folks you do the math. What you expect when Obasanjo use money to buy vote.

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