Football’s governing body, FIFA, has agreed to allow the Nigeria Football
Supporters Club to bring in its musical instruments
into the stadium in Brazil, provided there is a back-
up letter from Nigeria Football Association (NFA).
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Rafiu Oladipo, the President-General of the club,
said at a news conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on
Saturday that the club had consequently forwarded
a letter to NFA requesting for the letter.
Oladipo said that the letter must reach FIFA 24
hours ahead of the Nigeria/France second round
match on Monday.
He added that the letter would also cover Nigeria for
other matches in case the Super Eagles qualify for
the quarter finals.
FIFA said it had not officially denied the club the
right of singing, drumming and trumpeting during
Nigeria’s matches but that the club had never
requested officially.
The club had been denied the use of musical
instruments in various stadia where the Super
Eagles played their Group F preliminary matches, a
development the players disliked.
FIFA had insinuated that members of club were
likely to use the musical instruments as weapons
during Eagles matches.
During Nigeria’s first round matches in Curitiba,
Cuiaba and Porto Alegrie, the supporters’ musical
instruments were seized at stadium gates but
released after each match.
Oladipo said that members of the club were never
known for violence and pledged not to allow them
use the instruments as weapons during Nigeria’s
matches.
He expressed confidence that Super Eagles would
defeat France in the next round as Nigeria had
beaten France before.
He, however, continued to solicit the support of
Nigerians at home for the team, saying it was their
prayers that had helped the team progress in the
competition.
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