This archive report was first published on 16 July 2019.
FIFA Investigates CAF President Ahmad Over Corruption Allegations ¶
Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Ahmad Ahmad, is currently under investigation by FIFA after allegations of corruption were levelled against him.
According to investigations by BBC, Ahmad is said to have received money for two sets of expenses from CAF, claiming to be in two different countries for the same nine-day period during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
It is alleged that Ahmad received three different sets of payment for the same nine days, despite being a FIFA vice-president who should have been paid by the world football governing body.
Ahmad travelled to Moscow in June to attend both the FIFA congress on June 13 and the World Cup between 14 June and July 11.
Documents uncovered by the BBC indicate that he flew from Russia to Egypt on June 23 for a four-day stay and returned to Moscow on July 1, after heading home to Madagascar on June 27.
However, Ahmad collected $18,450 (KSh 1.9 million) from CAF for a 41-day stay in Russia between June 7 and July 17, titled Mission: World Cup Russia.
He then collected a further $4,050 (KSh 417,000) from CAF for a nine-day period between June 23 and July 1 under the heading, Visit to CAF Bureau.
The CAF boss signed for daily allowances that stated he was in Egypt between July 23 and July 1, while later adding his signature to a document claiming he was in Russia at the same time.
Unconfirmed reports claimed that documents pointed that Ahmad was alleged to have neither been in Russia nor in Egypt, but in Madagascar at that time.
CAF president Ahmad was held for questioning in a hotel in Paris on Thursday, June 7, over huge bribery allegations.
According to reports, Ahmad was in France and was set to attend a FIFA congress.
While details around the reported arrest remain scanty, it is claimed the 59-year-old's interrogation was in connection with a "contract unilaterally broken by CAF with the German equipment manufacturer Puma to engage with the company Technical Steel, based in La Seyne-sur-Mer."
