‎Exclusive: Fake FIFA Verdict News Circulates… Top Sources Reveal Timeline for Ruling

‎The National Sports Commission and Nigeria Football Federation have debunked news that the non-eligibility petition against DR Congo before the FIFA Adjudicatory Chamber has been dismissed.‎
‎Brila.net can exclusively report that FIFA did not open a hearing into the petition today, as widely speculated.
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‎No official communication, as standard practice, has yet been received by the Petitioner Brila. net gathered.

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According to the NSC Director-General, Hon. Bukola Olopade, who also shared an update on the case, reports of published rulings on social media is ‘fake news’.
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‎Per Anthony Bekederemo (Brila Media), who spoke in an exclusive chat with Hon. Olopade, there’s no communication yet.
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‎’Usually they’ll alert that your hearing is ongoing and that alert has not come,’ the Commission’s DG revealed.
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FIFA Ruling News Debunked
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‎’Not to my knowledge, it’s all fake news. It’s fake news.
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‎On the possibility of a correspondence from FIFA reaching the parties today, Hon. Olopade responded in the affirmative.
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‎’I have no idea. NFF has not seen any alert, so I doubt it.’

What the NFF Wants

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‎The NFF prays FIFA disqualifies DR Congo for fielding players who are deemed ineligible because they hold dual nationality.

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‎By law in DR Congo citizens can not hold dual nationality, however, as many as six players, who featured in the Continental WCQ playoff against Nigeria hold dual passports.
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‎‎The NFF petition to FIFA argues that such situation not stands as a clear violation of national laws in DRC, but that it also runs contrary to FIFA’s eligibility rule on switching nationality.

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