Family Denies Sam Sodje's Arrest Over Match Fixing

Footballer Sam Sodje’s family has reacted over reports in the media that the Nigerian was arrested over match-fixing allegations in the UK on Sunday.

The former Portsmouth defender was secretly filmed by an undercover reporter for The Sun on Sunday, describing how he was paid £70,000 to get a red card in a League One game.

The incident occurred in February during a match between Portsmouth and Oldham, when Sodje was sent off for punching Oldham’s Jose Baxter twice in the groin.

The National Crime Agency in England is already looking into video evidences supplied by The Sun on Sunday that Sodje said he could arrange for footballers in the Championship to get themselves booked during matches, in return for money.

The NCA said, “We can confirm that The Sun on Sunday has passed material from its own investigation to the NCA.

“An active NCA investigation is now under way and we are working closely with the Football Association and the Gambling Commission. Six people are in custody and are being questioned by NCA officers. We cannot comment further at this stage.”

Blackburn Rovers striker DJ Campbell and Sodje’s brothers Akpo and Steven alongside Ian Goodison and Cristian Montano are the other people allegedly arrested by the police in connection with the match-fixing scandal.

But the Sodje family denied the story, saying the former Reading defender was not arrested.

The statement titled ‘Re: Sam Sodje match-fixing claim’ read, “The true story so far is that there is an allegation of match fixing against Sam Sodje. An undercover reporter of The Sun newspaper contacted the police with this allegation.

“Sam was invited (by the police), he went with his lawyer to the Southampton Police Station, where he was interviewed and released. He was neither arrested nor charged.

“However, police investigation of the issue is ongoing. The family has decided against making any further statement on this issue so as not to interfere with the police investigation of the issue.”

In an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH in September, Sodje had said that Baxter used foul language against him during the encounter.

“I got sent off but he (Baxter) said something I didn’t like and I didn’t take it well. That is football.  I won’t repeat it because he has seen me and apologised but he said something that wasn’t right.”

However, the 34-year-old was also filmed saying that he had arranged for another player to be paid £30,000 for getting a yellow card in a Championship match.

The former Nigerian international reportedly boasted that he could rig Premier League matches for betting fraudsters and was prepared to fix matches at next year’s World Cup. He claimed he could set up a bet an entire week before a game saying it was “easy.”

Sodje’s elder sibling, Efe, who also played for Nigeria, told our correspondent that the issue would be sorted out but refused to comment further.

“For now, I don’t have any comment until everything is sorted out. But we will provide you with a statement tomorrow (Tuesday),” Efe said.

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Peter Okoye Speaks On Family Reaction To His Marriage

Peter Okoye in a new interview with Encomium has denied the stories that his family members were not in support of his marriage to wife Lola.
Or that that was the reason his elder brother Jude didn’t attend his wedding.

In the chat, Peter said:

    Is there any iota of truth in the tale that your family didn’t support the wedding?

    That is very far from being the truth. I saw some of those reports and was full of laughter. Everybody is just laughing because the reports are like comedy to us. Honestly, there is no iota of truth in the rumour. But it’s one of the prices you pay as a celebrity, so I remain focused.

    How would you describe your wife?

Honestly, she is a wonderful woman. She has virtually all the qualities that every man would want in his ideal woman. She’s caring, loving, God-fearing, hard working – just name it, that’s my wife for you.

    What are the sterling qualities that endeared her to your heart?

I just said that now. No man will not want to spend the rest of his life with a woman that possesses the qualities I mentioned.

    Why was the wedding delayed till now despite having all it takes to be a husband?

The truth is that we have always known that the wedding will come up. We just didn’t want to rush things unnecessarily. We waited for the right time.

    Entertainers are not used to keeping one woman, how is your own case going to be different?

Entertainers don’t keep one woman? I don’t think so.

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Michael Jackson’s Family thinks that Dr. Conrad Murray could kill again if allowed to practice his profession again.

Conrad who was a personal Doctor to late pop icon Michael Jackson was jailed after his death (MJ) for involuntary manslaughter, served only two years out of his four years jail term, when he walked out of prison a freeman on Monday morning.

He was even see celebrating Halloween with his Family.
But believe it or not, Conrad has two chances of practicing Medicine again 1, Slim 2, None and the Jackson Family are saying that he shouldn’t be allowed to practice Medicine again, saying he could kill someone again.

That is considerable understandable since the family is still upset, sources say that they think Murray is too reckless and that he could hurt other people beside them, also given the words of Murray when in court back then he claimed he was still trying to ween the pop star off his overdose when he errrmm!! You know what, is also another reason they think he should not do Medicine again.

And they think he could continue to hurt other people and kill if he continues in his profession.