Issa Hayatou, CAF President Urged To Follow Sepp Blatter Resignation

Imam Imam, the Spokesperson to the Sokoto State Governor, tweeted “Issa Hayatou and
Blatter are one of a kind. Dictatorial, sniff of corruption around them and Life Presidents.
We can do better without both.”
Following the resignation of FIFA
President Sepp Blatter many are calling
for the President of the Confederation of
African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, to
follow with his own resignation.
Since Blatter’s resignation, Hayatou has
become the second trending topic on
Twitter in Nigeria.
One user, by the name of Ryan Cooper,
wrote “Can we now hope and assume
that Issa Hayatou will do the honorable
thing as well so African football can
move forward?”
Another user, Imam Imam, the
Spokesperson to the Sokoto State
Governor, tweeted “Issa Hayatou and
Blatter are one of a kind. Dictatorial,
sniff of corruption around them and Life
Presidents. We can do better without
both.”
Outcry against Hayatou has been
centered around his overstay as CAF
president and allegations of corruption.
Hayatou has been president of the
Confederation of African Football (CAF)
since 1988. recently in April, he led the
organizations members on an
opportunistic vote to remove an age
limit on Confederation of African
Football officials. The removal of the age
limit will allow Hayatou, now 68, to seek
four more years in 2017 when his
current mandate will expire.
In addition, his administration has been
rocked with several allegations of
corruption, another similarity he shares
with former FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
In November 2010, he was alleged to
have taken bribes in the 1990s regarding
the awarding of contracts for the sale of
the football World Cup television rights.
This prompted an investigation by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC).
In May 2011, he was alleged by a British
Newspaper, The Sunday Times, as
receiving $1.5 million in bribes from
Qatar along with fellow Executive
Committee member Jacques Anouma.
The allegations against him led FIFA to
backtrack on statements that he had
been appointed to head the Olympic
football tournament in London.
Hayatou has denied all allegations
against him.