Cameroon Football Federation elections cancelled

Abdouraman Hamadou, President of a local football team in Cameroon alongside Joseph Antoine Bell and Elisabeth Loga who petitioned for the annulment of the just ended elections of the Cameroon Football Federation aka FECAFOOT have won the case hence the elections of officials into the various organs from Sub divisional up to National level will be done again.

A November 12 verdict by the Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration of the Cameroon Olympic Committee [CNOSC}, ruled the matter in favor of Abdouraman who in an earlier press conference in August said he does not want any post but legality to be the watch word in the management of Cameroon football. Abdouraman and Co deposited a complain at CNOSC requesting the committee to annul the status of the Cameroon Football association arguing that the provisions drawn up by the normalization Committee and adopted on 5/9/2015 violated article 23 of the Federal Electoral College and article 33 of the code of the Chamber of Arbitration.

 In a statement issued to the press, the complainant stated that “the engagement I am taking is sincere and aimed mainly at restructuring football in Cameroon”.  He said those who are managing football in the country do not have interest for the sports and were imposed on the Cameroon football family by FIFA and the Normalization Committee to preserve a number of “shameful interests”.  The verdict cancelling the 1st resolution was adopted by Parliament during the special session of August 5.

Reacting to the news, Cameroon football legend, Joseph Antoine Bell said he was happy and that “…..all what was done from the text has been cancelled. We have to begin from scratch”. Correspondingly, John B. Ndeh who was 1st. national vice President of Fecafoot under the disgraced Iya Mohammed now has to take over the running of the Cameroon Football Federation.

At the time of filing this report, we gathered that Abdouraman and John B. Ndeh have been summoned by the Prime Minister, Philemon Yang. However, Tombi A Roko and Co, have 21 days to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland.