 During a phone interview from his hometown of Niamey, capital of Niger, Chaibou denied the accusations and told the press that FIFA had already spoken with him and that he judged penalties to be penalties and that he did not receive bribes.However, he clarified that he had retired from the sport.After a series of questions regarding match fixing and knowing or not a certain person involved in bribery cases, Chaibou hung up the phone and did not answer any further calls from journalists.