Nigerian football agent busted on video promising to arrange a yellow card for �41k during world cup

Posted by: b3rrilyn in Sports Jun 2, 2014

Henry Chukwuma Okoroji,�a�Nigerian match fixer has been indicted in a match fixing scam after he was�caught on camera telling an�undercover UK Sun Newspaper reporter, Mahzher Mahmood,�he could arrange a yellow card during the World Cup games for more than 41,000pounds and a penalty for 81,000pounds.

Daily Mail�reports that Okoroji spoke with the reporter in company of his associate, Joe, in a hotel room in Milan, Italy. He was recorded�saying he could facilitate different outcomes on the football field, including a red card, depending on the amount the reporter was willing to pay. He was reported to have said that he was working with two other Nigerian�players as well as a senior official of the Nigerian Football Federation in the match-fixing scam, who he said could help�influence the Nigerian squad in the world cup.�

In a bid to prove his credibility, Okoroji was said to have invited a Nigerian/Lazio footballer, Ogenyi Onazi (pictured right) to the hotel but Onazi is�not thought to be involved in the plot.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) began�investigations last week into�claims that�the friendly match between Nigeria and Scotland�was fixed.�Investigations into that allegation is still going on according to an NCA official.