Nigeria: Ighalo Risks Two-Year Prison Sentence

25 October 2016

Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, faces a two-year jail term having been fingered in a bribery scandal while he was playing in Spain with Granada

Spanish publication, Marca, reports 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.

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