The World football governing body, FIFA did not pick any Nigerian referee to officiate at the 2016 Olympic football tournament, which kicks off in August.
88 match officials from over 40 countries have been name by the FIFA Referees Committee, and surprisingly no Nigerian Referee was named by the committee.
The men's competition will see 18 referees and 32 assistant referees, while there will be 14 referees and 24 assistant referees on duty for the women events.
There will be four African referees at the competition:
Kwimbira Bernadettar (Malawai)
Camara Dhibril (Senegal)
Samba El Hadji Malick (Senegal)
Ahmed Waleed (Sudan)
The Olympic football event will take place from August 3 to 21, 2016.
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