DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dies weeks after removal from World Cup officiating list Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, weeks after FIFA removed him from its list of officials for the World Cup. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) confirmed his death in a statement, saying it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the news. His cause of death has not been disclosed. Dieperink was arrested in April by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom following a report of an alleged sexual assault involving a teenage boy in London. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers responded on April 9 to a report of sexual assault at an address in Croydon and arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of the offence. Police later said that after reviewing available evidence, including CCTV footage and digital devices, the investigation had concluded that “the evidential threshold had not been met” and no further action would be taken. Following the investigation, FIFA co...
100 Togolese asylum seekers in Nigeria,were on saturday deported back to their country by Nigerian authorities.The group of Togolese came to Nigeria in July after Benin,which had hosted them for nearly a decade,stripped them off refugee status.One of the refugees identified as Sogbo Maonou,who was among those deported,said that Nigerian soldiers in Lagos loaded them onto buses on saturday that drove them to Togo through Benin.Brigitte Eno,deputy representative for the U.N Refugee agency in Nigeria,said the group should have been counselled before being repatriated.''They were supposed to be informed individually and counselled but immigration did it their own way.We were not even aware of the fact they were being put on buses''.Michael Akindele,general manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said due process was followed,they were all interviewed but their requests for asylum were rejected.Many of the Togolese asylum seekers claim they face repression at home,having fled political violence after the 2005 election.Some said they witnessed family members being arrested and killed by the military because of their support for the opposition.
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