The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has urged officials of the Brazilian Embassy to arrest persons who fraudulently present themselves with forged documents as officials of the Federation or as persons or groups known to it.

General-Secretary of the NFF, Barrister Musa Amadu disclosed that the Federation is in possession of a number of such forged letters sent to the Embassy of Brazil by some scammers with intent of securing entry visas into that country for the 2014 Fifa World Cup finals.

“We have been alerted to this scam and we are taking it seriously. Some officials in the Embassy of Brazil informed us about what is going on, and we are in possession of some letters written by these fraudulent individuals, with intention of getting entry visas into Brazil, ostensibly for the FIFA World Cup finals,” Amadu revealed.

“People go to the embassy with forged letter-headed papers of NFF introducing themselves either as NFF officials or as being known to the Federation.

“The Nigeria Football Federation has given the Embassy of Brazil the go-ahead to arrest those persons and hand them over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution.”