The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has urged officials
of the Brazilian Embassy to arrest persons who fraudulently present themselves
with forged documents as officials of the Federation or as persons or groups
known to it.
General-Secretary of the NFF, Barrister Musa Amadu
disclosed that the Federation is in possession of a number of such forged
letters sent to the Embassy of Brazil by some scammers with intent of securing
entry visas into that country for the 2014 Fifa World Cup finals.
“We have been alerted to this scam and we are taking it
seriously. Some officials in the Embassy of Brazil informed us about what is
going on, and we are in possession of some letters written by these scammers,
with intention of getting entry visas into Brazil, ostensibly for the FIFA
World Cup finals," Amadu revealed.
"People go to the embassy with forged letter-headed
papers of NFF introducing themselves either as NFF officials or as being known
to the Federation.
"The Nigeria Football Federation has given the
Embassy of Brazil the go-ahead to arrest those persons and hand them over to the
appropriate authorities for prosecution."
One such letter, dated April 28, 2014 and signed by one
Akeem Oyeyode (no official of NFF bears such a name), was forwarded to “The
Consular Department, Brazilian Consulate, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island,
Lagos.”
In the letter, eight officials of a so-called Oluyole
Football Club of Nigeria were introduced to the embassy as going to watch
“Nigeria Matches playing against Iran and Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 16,
2014 in Brazil for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Fifa World Cup."
The sender of the mail urged the Consular to use “your
good office for the issuance of the Brazilian Entry Visa to the team to enable
them watch and support the Green Eagles of Nigeria playing against other
countries in Brazil at the Mundial Cup.”
Culled from Kickoffnigeria
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