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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Sierra Leone National football team Leone Stars will be locking horns against Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles come Thursday 9th June 2022 at Abiola Stadium in Abuja. The Federation De International Football Association (FIFA) is pleased to reveal the referee of Sierra Leone VS Nigeria match to be Ibrahim Kalilou Traore for AFCON 2023 Qualifiers.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Ivorian referee Ibrahim Kalilou has been officially given the mantle of responsibility to handle Sierra Leone 2023 AFCON qualifying battle against the Super Eagles of Nigeria with other referee assistants come Thursday 9th June 2022.<\/p>\n

Traore will the center man and will be supported compatriots Adou Desire Ngo\u2019h and Nouhou Ouattara as the assistant referees whilst Kouassi Francois Biro will the 4th official.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Commissioner of the match will be coming from Ghana along with the Referees assessor. The Commissioner is named Moukaila Nassam Adam with his referee assessor Burkinabl\u00e9 Pauline Samuel.<\/p>\n

Leone Stars will be having their first match against Super Eagles among other nations in the group category.<\/p>\n

We wish you all the best our darling Leone Stars.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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