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 months ahead,will definitely be rough for civil and public servants who have corrupt tendencies at both the federal,state and local government levels.This is even as the Inspector General of Police {IGP},Ibrahim Idris,has merged the X-Squad unit with the Complaint Respond Unit {CRU} of the force and em-powered them to search for,and get corrupt civil and public servants arrested.It would be recalled that the IGP during his inaugural speech did not hide his deep hate for corruption.He therefore vowed to put the necessary machineries in place to get both the men and officers of the Force and public/civil servants who are corrupt arrested and ensure they are dealt with in accordance with the law.The merging of the X-Squad and the CRU is the first step in that direction.Speaking in an exclusive interview with the AUTHORITY in Abuja,the Officer in Charge of the CRU,Abayomi Shogunle,an Assistant Commissioner of Police {ACP},disclosed that plans have been concluded for the unit to start hunting for public and civil servants who have the penchant of carting away re-sources meant for the public.''Since the IGP,Ibrahim Idris,has approved that the X-Squad should be part of the responding agents of CRU,then we should be ready to see recoveries of looted funds and apprehension of public and civil servants who abuse their office.Just as we have seen the recovery of 2.75 million naira from an Assistant Commissioner of Police {ACP},such recoveries will not be limited to the Nigeria Police Force alone; it will bee extended to public servants at the federal,state and local government levels,'' he disclosed.
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