Nigerian football’s crisis has taken a bizarre twist with an attempt to appoint a dead referee for Sunday’s match between Warri Wolves and Giwa FC. It comes as Chris Giwa continues to challenge Nigerian Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick. A Nigerian court has ruled Giwa should replace the FIFA-recognised Pinnick and in a move to wrest control he has named the weekend’s top-flight officials. However, among those selected is Wale Akinsanya, who died in January.

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