The Nigeria soccer federation said Monday it had no choice of venue for its exhibition match against North Korea at which a stampede left 15 people injured.
Taiwo Ogunjobi, the Nigerian federation's technical committee chairman, told website kickoff.com that "we had no choice" because "that was the only venue available to us" because "FIFA had taken control of all the stadia."
One policeman was seriously hurt Sunday during two separate fan rushes at the Makhulong Stadium outside Johannesburg.
Nigeria media officer Idah Peterside said that FIFA and World Cup organizers were not responsible, adding the match "was …
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