DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).

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 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...

FORMER ABIA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER, HUMPHREY AZUBIKE DEAD. (PHOTO).


 Former Abia House of Assembly Member, Humphrey Azubike Dead


A former legislator and member that represented Ugwunagbo in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Humphrey Azubike is dead.


According to sources who spoke to newsmen, the former parliamentarian and businessman died Monday after complaining of illness.


The deceased was the APC House of Representatives Candidate in the 2019 General election for Osisioma/Obingwa/Ugwunagbo Federal Constituency.


The former lawmaker was confirmed dead in Federal Medical Centre after attempts to resuscitate him failed in Living Word Hospital and Ugwunagbo Mother and Child General Hospital.


Meanwhile, Hon Munachim Alozie, member representing Obingwa/Osisioma/Ugwunagbo Federal Constituency, has reacted to the news of the sudden death of Hon Humphrey Azubuike who was reported dead this Monday.


Describing the news as devastating, Hon Alozie paid glowing tributes to his predecessor in the Abia State House of Assembly, saying that the death of Hon Azubuike is an irreparable loss, not just to Ugwunagbo, which he represented in the Abia State House of Assembly, but also to the entire Abia State.


Hon Alozie prayed to the Almighty God to grant the immediate family of the deceased and the entire Ugwunagbo Local Government Area the fortitude to bear the loss of their illustrious son.

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