The 37 –year old who has been an international referee since 2007 will be assisted by Arsenio Chadreque Marengula from Mozambique as assistant referee 1, Zambians Romeo Kasengele and Wisdom Chewe as assistant referee 2 and reserve referee respectively.

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Abbasi Ssendyowa from Uganda as match commissioner for the big Group G game.

The game will be played at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Friday, March 25, 4pm local time.

For the return leg in Alexandria on Tuesday, March 29, which will kick off at 7pm Egypt time at the Borg el Arab Stadium, veteran South African official Daniel Frazer Bennett will be at the centre.

He will be assisted by compatriots Zakhele Thusi Siwela (assistant referee 1), Peter Chauke (assistant referee 2) and Kulasande Qongqo. The match commissioner is Moroccan Said Belkhayat.

Egypt are on top of the group with maximum six points after beating Tanzania at home and Chad away while Nigeria are second with four points after a win and a draw.