BY FOLUSHO ALADE, ABUJA
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) sitting in Switzerland has set up a Panel of jurists that would hear the appeal filed by former Super Eagles’ Chief Coach SAMSON SIASIA against world football governing body FIFA who placed a life ban on him on allegations of bribery and match fixing.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) wrote SIASIA on December 27, 2019 inviting him and FIFA representatives and their witnesses to appear at the hearing which has been fixed for Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 9.30 hours SWISS time.
SIASIA confirmed to sports journalists that the CAS hearing will take place at the CAS Court Office, Avenue de Beaumont 2, 1012, Lausanne, Switzerland on March 19, 2020.
It would be recalled that the FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS (FIFA) imposed a life ban on SAMSON SIASIA on allegations of bribery and match fixing on August 16, 2019.
According to the FIFA statement on August 16, 2019, “The Ethics Committee has found Mr Siasia, a former official of the Nigeria Football Federation, guilty of having accepted that he would receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches in violation of the Fifa Code of Ethics,” the statement read.
However the embattled former Eagles Coach is still soliciting for financial support from well-meaning Nigerians, friends and well-wishers to help raise funds to be able to attend the CAS hearing in order to clear his name.
