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 Chief Judge of the Federal High Court,Justice Ibrahim Auta,has returned the corruption case file of a former governor of Benue State,Gabriel Suswam,to Justice A.R. Mohammed and ordered him to continue presiding over the case.Suswam is being prosecuted by the EFCC,along with his Commissioner of Finance,Okolobia Okpanachi,o a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy,abuse of office and diversion of state funds to the tune of N3.1 billion.It would be recalled that Justice Mohammed had on June 6,2026 handed off the case,and informed the court of his decision to return the case file to the Chief Judge for reassignment.He had cited a May 27,2016 report published on an online news medium SaharaReporters,in which it was alleged that Suswam ''entered into a financial agreement'' with him in order to grant the former Benue State governor ''a soft landing in the case''.One more photo below.
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