BREAKING: CAF President allegedly Arrested For $830,000 Fraud
The CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad was arrested in Berri Hotel in Paris by the French police, on an allegation of misusing funds ,Ahmad Who was said to be in France to attend the FIFA Congress. Jeune Afrique, a French-language pan-African weekly news magazine, made the announcement and specified that Ahmad will face
the anti-corruption agency's Central Office for Combating Corruption and Financial and Tax Crimes (Oclif).
The arrest has reportedly been made due to the President misusing funds of approximately $830,000 after ordering equipment via a French intermediary company called Tactical Steel.
An internal document allegedly disclosed that the African chief had instructed Fahmy, the CAF secretary general to pay $20,000 (£15,256) in bribes into accounts of African football association presidents, which included Cape Verde and Tanzania.
The CAF resident had previously defended against all accusations, claiming all the decisions were made “collegially” and that the process was 'transparent'.
In April, CAF’s head of communications, Nathalie Rabe told Reuters, an international news organization that: "The Confederation of African Football executive committee took the decision on 11 April to revoke (the position) of Amr Fahmy, the secretary general."
"This was a decision taken by the executive committee and I don't know about the allegations.
“There’s no explanation. It’s the Executive Committee decision,” he disclosed.
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