Revealed: Match Officials For 2023 NPFL Super Six Playoffs

Revealed: Match Officials For 2023 NPFL Super Six Playoffs

By Gbenga Gboyega

The Nigeria Professional Football League has released the names of the Match Officials to officiate in the upcoming 2023 NPFL Super Six playoffs scheduled for June 2023, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The list was released on Wednesday afternoon, the 31st of May, 2023, and contains eight referees, eight assistants, four assessors, a referee trainer, and a match official coordinator.

Also noted in the official publication are members of the referee Committee, including the Chairman - Faith Irabor, and another member Bello Abubakar.

Top of the list of referees is FIFA accredited and badged, Joseph Ogabor from Cross Rivers State, and assistant referee, Samuel Pwadwatukam who hails from Adamawa State.

Only Lagos produced two referees; Ridwan Ayeni who's a center referee, and Hope Igho who's an assistant.

Felicia Okwugba from Plateau State, and Peter Edibe from Cross Rivers, amongst others, are lined up as assessors for the Super Six playoffs, with Chukwujekwu C. C. from Lagos, standing in as a Referee trainer.

Full official list as released:

REFEREES

1. Ogabor Joseph (Cross Rivers)

2. Kassimm Abdulasalam (Zamfara)

3. Bashir Salihu (Kano)

4. Abubakar Abudullahi (Niger)

5. Abdulmalik Madaki (FCT)

6. Ridwan Ayeni (Lagos)

7. Babayanju Saheed (Ondo)

8. Ndidi Patiece Madu (Enugu)

ASSISTANT REFEREES

1. Samuel Pwadwatukam (Adamwa)

2. Hope Igho (Lagos)

3. Usman Abdulmajid (Oyo)

4. Ahmad T. Mustapha (Katsina)

5. Muhammed Yakubu Mahmud (Bauchi)

6. Digbori Tejiri (Delta)

7. Abibat Yusuf (Rivers)

8. Moses Alayemola (Sokoto)

ASSESSORS

1. Felicia Okwugba (Plateau)

2. Peter Edibe (Cross- Rivers)

3. Emmaunel Imiere (Edo)

4. Oba James Odenran (Oyo)

REFEREE TRAINER

1. Chukwujekwu C.C (Lagos)

MATCH OFFICIAL COORDINATOR

1. Zubairu Sani - Head Refereeing Unit

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

1. Mrs Faith Iriabor - Chairman (Edo)

2. Bello Abubakar - Member (Sokoto)

The letter was signed by the Secretary, Referee Committee - Sani Zubairu.