Overview:
Dixon Adol Okello is a highly respected safety and security professional personnel who has traversed the entire world and officiated at high profile football games.
The Benina Martyrs stadium in Benghazi city, Libya will in the month of March 2023 once again be the duty station for Uganda’s vastly experienced security and safety guru Dixon Adol “Bond” Okello.
Okello, a FIFA and CAF trained stadium security professional personnel has been appointed for two upcoming continental engagements.
The first game is between Libya’s Al Akhder and FC Saint Eloi Lupopo of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 8th March 2023 in CAF Confederation Cup.
The second game will come 9 days later between Sudan’s Al Merrikh and E.S.T of Tunisia on 17th March 2023 in the CAF Champions League.
In both games, Okello will serve as the security officer.
These two games come at a time when he worked at the same stadium when Al Merrikh hosted Algeria’s CR Belouizdad on Friday, 24th February 2023.
During the same game, another Ugandan, Ali Mwebe was on duty as the general match coordinator.
Al Akhder (Libya) Vs FC Saint Eloi Lupopo (Democratic Republic of Congo):
Patrick Jean Philippe Tanguy from Cote D’Ivoire will be center referee.
Other Cote D’Ivoire referees Prosper Adiouman Koabenan and Medar Ettien Eba Wenceslas will be the first and second assistants respectively.
Richard Modeste Kokora Hugues (Cote D’Ivoire) will be the fourth official.
Tunisia’s Amine Mougou is the commissioner whilst Lemghaifry Bouchaab (Mauritania) is the referee assessor.
Michael Emiru Belay (Ethiopia) will serve as the general coordinator and Okello as the head of security operations.
Al Merrikh (Sudan) Vs E.S.T (Tunisia):
Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius) will handle the contest as center referee.
He will work with comrades Ram Babajee (assistant referee 1), Jean Marc Jeff Pithia (assistant referee 2) and Ganesh Chutooree (fourth official), all from Mauritius.
Francis Oliele (Kenya) is the commissioner, Gamal Mahmoud Gandour (Egypt) as referee assessor and South Sudan’s Victor Lawrence Lual Lual as general coordinator.
Once again, Okello of the “Team no Fitina” fame will man the security operations for this match.
