FIFA bans Adamu for two years

FORMER Nigerian football chief, Amos Adamu has been banned for another two years from all football-related activity at national and international level after the investigatory chamber of FIFA's ethics committee found him guilty of breaching the body’s code of ethics.

Adamu, 64, was once president of the West African Football Union and a member of the executive committees of the African Football Confederation and FIFA.

A release made available on Tuesday by the FIFA Independent Ethics Committee read, “The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, has decided to ban the former football official Amos Adamu for two years from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level.

“The investigation into Mr Adamu was conducted by Dr Cornel Borbély, chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, which resulted in a final report being submitted to the adjudicatory chamber on 2 December 2016. Adjudicatory proceedings were formally opened on 20 December 2016.

“The adjudicatory chamber determined that, through his involvement in the organisation of an event in 2010, while being a member of the (then) FIFA Executive Committee, Mr Adamu violated articles 13 (General rules of conduct), 15 (Loyalty) and 19 (Conflicts of interest) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.

“The sanction is effective from 28 February 2017, the date on which this decision was notified”, the statement read.

Recalled the former FIFA executive committee member made a comeback to the game after completing his three years ban for demanding for £504,000 (N 124,862,360) to influence his vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups hosting right in a tingle operation run by the Sunday Telegraph. He was not allowed to take part in the votes.