Ibrahim Chaibou, a former referee has been banned for life by FIFA after he was found guilty of taking bribes.
The Nigerien retired in 2011 but has now been banned from all football-related activities and was fined £152,500. FIFA’s Ethics Committee did not state which specific games they had assessed when investigating Chaibou, but in 2010 during a warm-up match for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa, he famously awarded the hosts three penalties for handball.
The game against Guatamala in Polokwane eventually finished 5-0. In their official statement, FIFA said Chaibou has been banned “from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and international level”.
The sanction came into force on Tuesday, January 22, the day Chaibou was informed.
