Former FIFA president banned for corruption

Desk report: Cameroon’s Isa Hayatu took over as FIFA’s acting president. He has been in power for less than a year or has resorted to corruption. He was banned for a year on Tuesday (August 3rd) on the charge. FIFA, the governing body of football, confirmed the news of his ban. In a statement, FIFA said: For the period from 2014 to 2017, he signed a media and marketing contract with a French-based company. On the overall issue, FIFA said that Hayatu had made illegal contracts on behalf of the confederation in the name of his power. Which caused significant damage to the CAF. So he will be banned from all forms of football at the national and international level for the next one year. He will also have to pay a fine.
It is learned that in addition to the one-year ban, Isa Hayatu will have to pay a fine of 30,000 Swiss francs. FIFA has punished him for corruption. Hayatur is currently 74 years old. At the age of 26, he was elected General Secretary of the Cameroon Football Federation. President of the African Football Confederation has celebrated 29 years. While he was president of the African Federation, he developed friendships with the European Football Association and FIFA. Gradually he became vice president of FIFA. His power was transferred through elections in 2016. In 2010, Hayatu came under heavy fire. At that time, there was a rumor against him for taking a gift for the World Cup. In 2010, he banned Togo from the Confederation before the African Cup of Nations. Togo later withdrew its name from the tournament. At that moment, an attack on Togo’s footballers killed two people. There has been a lot of criticism of Hayatu over the incident. Before that, Blatter was the president of FIFA. Isa came to power in 2015 after allegations of corruption surfaced against Blatter. Now he himself is accused of corruption. Meanwhile, Safe Blatter is still banned after his allegations have been substantiated, and his term expires in 2026. Blatter, then 65, will be released.