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Zurich, July 22, 2004 (BBC Sports) – Football's world governing body
has banned Confederation of African Football (Caf) official Farah
Addo from football for ten years.
At a meeting of Fifa's Disciplinary Committee, the Somali Football
Federation (SFF) member was found guilty of depriving the SFF of Fifa
Financial Assistance Programme money and using it partially for his
own interests.
At the Zurich meeting, the Disciplinary Committee banned Addo from
taking part in any football-related activity - be that within an
association, confederation or Fifa itself - with immediate effect for
a decade.
His suspension apart, Addo, who is a former Caf vice-president, has
been ordered to pay a fine of US$40,100 as well as cover the costs of
the proceedings.
In a statement, the Fifa committee also instructed the SFF to take
all the steps necessary to 'recoup from Farah W. Addo the money paid
by Fifa and to guarantee that the management of the federation's
financial assets in the future be in line with all relevant Fifa
regulations.'
Addo currently chairs Caf's Referees Committee, which is responsible
for designating referees to officiate competitive matches organized
by the African football body.
The Referees Committee also proposes African referees to Fifa on the
occasion of world competitions.
This is not the first time Addo, who was formerly president of both
the SFF and regional East African football body Cecafa, has been in
trouble with Fifa.
In January 2003, the Somali was suspended from football for two years
after he questioned the integrity of Fifa head Sepp Blatter shortly
before the presidential elections in 2002.
A Swiss court subsequently ordered the disgraced official 10,000
Swiss francs (about US$7,350) for defamation.
Farah Addo factfile
Current Caf Referees Committee head
Former Caf vice-president
Former SFF president
Former Cecafa president
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