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.