An
alleged bribery scandal in which Super Eagles player, Odion Ighalo has
been fingered in may see the Nigerian striker serve a two-year jail
term.
Odion Ighalo
A Granada Spanish publication, Marca, is reporting that Super
Eagles striker, Odion Jude Ighalo, faces a two-year jail term having
been fingered in a bribery scandal while he was playing in Spain.
The alleged that the provincial district attorney’s office of
Granada has requested a two-year prison term and a fine of 3,000 Euros
for Ighalo, his ex-Granada teammate, Diego Buonanotte, and 93 others for
allegedly bribing their way to pass a driving test.
According to the provisional writing of the prosecution, in 2012
and 2013 someone was hired to write the exams for Ighalo and the other
accused. After the test was written, the errors made on the sheet were
deleted.
Investigation further revealed that three syndicates of Íllora
(Granada), Mengíbar (Jaén) and Ciudad Real who moved to Granada
allegedly recruited students to help write exams for clients who wanted
to pass the driving license exams, and were charged between 1,500 and
2,500 Euros.
Vanguard reported that following the incident, the prosecutor found
the Super Eagles striker culpable of the crime of falsifying an
official document, adding that he may be dragged to appear in court to
testify in Granada if an open trial is to be held.
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