Confederation of African Football has named officials for the Super Eagles 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against the Wasps of Rwanda.
South African referee, Daniel Bennett, will be at the centre during the encounter billed for the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali at the end of this month.
The South African was at the centre when the Super Eagles drew 1-1 with the Palancas Negras of Angola in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Kano in June 2005, and also refereed a couple of matches involving the Eagles in the qualifying race for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals and the 2012 African Cup of Nations.
Bennett is one of South Africa’s five FIFA-badged referees, and will be assisted by fellow South Africans, Zakhele Thusi Siwela (1st Assistant), Luyanda Somi (2nd Assistant) and Tinyiko Victor Hlungani (Reserve Referee).
The Match Commissioner is Hassan Waberi Suleiman, from Djibouti.
Hlungani is one of South Africa’s five FIFA referees, and was born in 1976.
He became an international referee only last year.
Siwela was born in 1982 and became an international in 2010 while Somi was born in 1975 and became an international in 2008.
On Tuesday, at the National Stadium, Abuja, the Super Eagles intensified their training ahead of the international friendly against Liberia in Monrovia on February 15 and the Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda in Kigali two weeks later.