Bassey, three other Nigerians get CAF inter-club semifinals duties

Although no Nigerian club have made it to the semifinals of the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup, the country’s officials last week continued to prove their mettle in organisational expertise. Four of them got the nod from the continental soccer ruling body to operate during the prestigious club competitions’ group stage that has now reached the semifinals.

Samson Adamu was designated General Coordinator of the first leg semifinal of the CAF Confederation Cup tie between Orlando Pirates and Al Ahly of Egypt in Johannesburg, while Dr. Bolaji Ojo-Oba was appointed General Coordinator for the first leg Champions league semifinal match between El Merreikh of Sudan and T. P Mazembe of Lubumbashi.

In the reverse fixtures, General Dominic Oneya is the designated Match Commissioner for the Confederation Cup match that will see Zamalek hosting Etoile Du Sahel of Tunisia in Cairo, while Paul Bassey will be General Coordinator of the decisive return leg CAF Confederation Cup semifinal match between Al Ahly and Orlando Pirates in Suez, near Cairo.