FIFA suspends CAF president for five years over corruption

President of the African Football Confederation, Ahmad Ahmad, has been suspended by FIFA for five years for corruption.

The global governing body announced the suspension order on Monday.

Ahmad, from Madagascar, has been president of CAF since March 2017 and was standing for re-election when FIFA banned him for “governance issues”.

FIFA said in a statement that Ahmad had “breached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his position as the CAF President”.

Ahmad has also been fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($220,000) by FIFA for the misdeeds, which related to “the organisation and financing of an Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca” and his involvement in CAF’s dealings with a sports equipment company.