July 15 – The Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) has handed a life ban to its former president Tombi A Roko Sidiki after its ethics commission found him guilty of financial misappropriation and a conflict of interest.
The commission ruled that Sidiki had mismanaged funds that had been set aside to build four small stadiums which were meant to host local games as part of a development plan for the country. He was also accused of according undue sums to members of his executive committee while he was in office.
He is likely to appeal the sanction, which has to be lodged within 10 days.
Before taking over in October 2015 Sidiki had been the federation’s secretary general under the leadership of the now-jailed Iya Mohamed.
His tenure came to an end in August 2017 when FIFA stepped in to set up one of its normalisation committees that have become so familiar in running individual African federations rife with mis-management.
That, in turn, followed a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which annulled Sidiki’s election.
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