Amid corruption saga, Cameroon rejects Eto’o’s resignation
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The Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) has rejected Samuel Eto’o’s resignation as president, citing allegations of illegal conduct and corruption.
Eto’o resigned on Monday, only a few days after the Cameroonian national soccer team was eliminated in the last 16 of the 2023 AFCON competition by Nigeria.
According to ESPN, Eto’o proposed to resign aside during an executive committee meeting held to assess Cameroon’s dismal AFCON campaign, while pushing other Fecafoot members “to do likewise in good faith.”
Fecafoot has since released a statement confirming that Eto’o’s resignation had been rejected, saying: “At the end of discussions and subsequent deliberations, the members of the executive committee decided to maintain their current mandates and thus unanimously rejected the president’s resignation, thereby renewing their confidence in him to continue with the same spirit of reconstruction and development of Cameroon football at all levels as envisaged in his adopted plan.
Despite facing serious allegations for the past year, Eto’o has gotten support from his Fecafoot colleagues.
The Athletic reported last week that it had received WhatsApp messages and audio recordings reportedly corroborating a number of claims, including “match-fixing, abuse of power, physical threats, inciting violence, and spreading false information in Cameroon.” FIFA received a file providing facts about the claims, which are also being reviewed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Eto’o, who is already under investigation by CAF for charges made by “several Cameroonian football stakeholders,” is presumed innocent until an appropriate judicial body determines otherwise.