FIFA has slammed a four year worldwide ban on Nigerian junior international, Orji Okonkwo.
The player was found guilty of violating anti-doping rules and has now been banned from all football related activities.
Okonkwo came under heavy hammer after doping violation discovered by the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal.
Jorge Ivan Palacio Chairperson of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee already communicated the decision to ban the player to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
A statement by FIFA on the ban on Okonkwo by FIFA said, “Consequently, the Committee decided to extend the sanction imposed on the player by the Italian NADO on 20 June 2022.
“More specifically, the player is sanctioned with a four (4) years suspension from all football-related activities in accordance with the Decision.”
The four-year ban is in effect from February 25, 2022, until February 24, 2026.
Okonkwo was a member of FIFA U17 winning squad with the Golden Eaglets in 2015.
The 24 year-old striker played for Italian Club sides Reggina, Bologna, and Brescia.
He also had a brief spell in the MLS with Montreal Impact.
