Thousands of soccer fans shouted slogans outside a Turkish courthouse Tuesday in support of 93 suspects, including Nigeria international Emmanuel Emenike and the jailed president of Fenerbahce Aziz Yildirim, who went on trial in a massive match-fixing scandal.The scandal is alleged to have involved 19 league matches last season.
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Thousands of soccer fans shouted slogans outside a Turkish courthouse Tuesday in support of 93 suspects, including Nigeria international Emmanuel Emenike and the jailed president of Fenerbahce Aziz Yildirim, who went on trial in a massive match-fixing scandal.The scandal is alleged to have involved 19 league matches last season.
Nigeria and former Fenerbahce forward Emmanuel Emenike was detained and released without charge in July. He is however, among 14 play ers charged over alleged match-fixing attempts.
Emenike left Turkey following his release and joined Spartak Moscow without playing a game for Fenerbahce. He is on trial in absentia.
Emenike, who was playing for Karabukspor at the time, was reportedly promised a transfer to Fenerbahce in return for not playing in a match against the team—an allegation Karabukspor has denied. The club said Emenike was injured a week before the game and has a doctor's certificate to prove it.
The Nigerian international faces maximum three years in prison if convicted.