By Sammy Wejinya
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has officially written to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over the refereeing in Friday’s game against Zambia at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
Nigeria complained about the officiating during their opening game against Burkina Faso on January 21.
The Super Eagles also felt they were victims of controversial refereeing in Friday’s game against African champions, Zambia in Nelspruit.
Egyptian referee, Gehad Grisha penalised SS Lazio man, Ogenyi Onazi for a perceived foul on Emmanuel Mayuka with television replays showing that there was little contact from the Nigerian striker.
The replays also showed that the foul also happened outside the box.
On Saturday, the NFF sent in a strongly-worded to Caf to protest against perceived dodgy decisions against the Super Eagles at the Afcon.
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you are so cheap. why cant you play and win like ivory coast without mourning
AFCON 2013 so far is a display of very bad and poor refereeing, where referees decided the teams that must win. Undue cards, penalties and spot kicks are given most often against good teams. This is very poor and bad advert for the continent. There was no referee from Nigeria, are Egyptians referees better than Nigerian referees? This is a question for CAF and FIFA who saw the blunder by the Egyptian referee? The powers given to referees should not be absolute as it is. A hand ball was scored and the goal allowed to stand, this a blunder. One will ask the need for all the communication gadgets and the reply, if referees are allowed to take stupid, faulty and embarrassing decisions. If faulty decisions are not turned down immediately, the good game will be distoyed by referees.