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...
The EFCC secured a conviction of one Idris Buhari of Durimin iya quarters Kano,arraigned before Justice J.K Omotosho of Federal High Court 3 Kano on one count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence.Idris was arrested by EFCC operatives following a complaint brought against him by Abudullahi Salisu Muhammad of popular Kwari market,Kano alleging that he gave the convict,who is a school teacher the sum of N500,000.00 for the processing of Hajj ticket in April,2012.While he told him that he is a registered travelling agent,but to his greatest surprise the convict was un able to provide the said Hajj ticket and diverted the funds to his personal use and all effort to recover the money or get the ticket as agreed prove abortive,as the convict claimed that the monies were lost to armed robbers.In the judgement,Justice Omotosho convicted and sentenced the convict to seven years imprisonment.He however gave an option of N200,000.00 as fine,being that he restituted the victim the sum of N500,000.00 which is the amount involved.
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