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Africa’s ruling football body, CAF, on Monday morning May 9th fined the
Nigerian Football Federation $5,000 for allowing its stadium to be
overcrowded during their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against
Egypt in Kaduna in March.
The Kaduna State government had thrown open the doors of the venue for
free to allow fans to watch the crucial AFCON qualifier which ended 1-1More than 40,000 spectators entered into the 15,000 capacity stadium in
Kaduna, and sat anywhere they could find space, from the floors, to the
score board and flood lights and now CAF has reacted with this
suspension saying such action puts the players and officials lives at
risk.
