ALLEGED FRAUD IN U-17 WORLD CUP: Cars ‘shared’ by officials tracked down – Hyundai’s trackers gave ‘beneficiaries’ away – SSS invites LOC officials – Tribune
November 23, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Just as the State Security Service (SSS) has swung into action, probing the activities of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the recently ended U-17 World Cup in Nigeria, world football’s governing body, FIFA’s partner, Hyundai, has tracked down some of the 74 cars it supplied for the competition, which allegedly were shared and driven away by some officials of government.
A source close to FIFA headquarters in Zurich revealed to the Nigerian Tribune that, unknown to many, Hyundai had fixed trackers in the cars it supplied to the LOC for the competition, hence no matter where the cars were taken to, they would always be tracked down.
“We have been able to track many of the cars allegedly driven away by some officials after the competition,” the source revealed to the Nigerian Tribune.
“Hyundai was ready for such eventuality, hence we decided to install trackers in all the cars we supplied to the LOC for the competition.
