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 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today wednesday re-arrested the former governor of Imo Stat Achike Udenwa in connection with alleged campaign scadal at the last presidential election.Udenwa as a State Co-ordintor for The Presidential Campaign Organisation in Imo State was said to have collected the sum of N350,000,000 {Three Hundred and Fifty Million Naira Only} from the former senator representing Kaduna South and Director of Finance for the PDP presidential campaign organisation,Nenadi Usman.The suspect,in his statement to the Commission admitted receiving the money via Diamond Bank account No.0058805692 and 005950791 respectively on the 14th and 28th of January 2015 in three separate instalments.He added that the money came from a company named Joint Trust Dimension Limited.This same company was charged alongside Mrs Nenadi Usman and the Media Director of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation,Femi Fani Kayode before Federal High Court Lagoss on a similar allegation.Investigation however revealed that Achike Udenwa and one Viola Onwuliri,a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and State Minister for Education,who was his deputy at the Presidential Campaign Organization were the two signatories to the Diamond Bank account that received the money.Upon his arrest,Udenwa was immediately granted administrative bail by the commission with condition that he should be reporting to the commission at an appointed time.But while enjoying his administrative bail,Udenwa chose to deliberately skip reporting,thereby compelling the commission to revoke his adminstrative bail pending his arraignment soon.Achike Udenwa was a governor of Imo State under the flagship of People's Democratic Party between 1999 and 2007 and became a minister of Commerce and Industry between 2008 and 2010 under Goodluck Jonathan's administration.
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