CAF President approached by Swiss Police

Issa Hayatou, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), who is currently in Switzerland at the moment for the Congress of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was approached by Swiss police when the arrest of some members suspected of corruption were made. Cameroon Concord learnt that Swiss police held a brief discussions with President Issa Hayatou on Wednesday morning during the arrest of six leaders of FIFA at hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich.

At the time of writing this report, the communication service of the CAF confirmed the presence of Issa Hayatou in the hotel building.  Our informant hinted that he witnessed the exchange “when Swiss Police asked the Cameroonian to follow them for interrogation”.  We gathered that the African football boss replied that he would not speak to the police.A German television network (RTA) recently revealed that Issa Hayatou alongside the Ivorian Jacques Anouma and Nigerian Amos Adamu were among the personalities involved in the scandal of awarding the World Cup to Qatar th 2022. All these accusations have been rejected by Hayatou.

It is vital to include in this report that Europe and the US are trying to make football a game for the rich. Franze Beckenbauer bribed European delegates to get Germany host the 2006 World Cup against the favourite, the Republic of South Africa prompting Hayatou and Blatter to decree that the 2010 World Cup must be hosted on African soil. Taken a world cup to Russia and Qatar is giving the West sleepless nights.