FIFA suspend pair over cash-for-votes allegations
The two FIFA executive committee members caught up in the alleged World Cup cash-for-votes scandal have been provisionally suspended, world football’s ruling body has confirmed.
The Sunday Times claim both Nigeria’s Amos Adamu and Tahiti’s Reynald Temarii offered to sell their vote in exchange for funding towards football projects.
Adamu was filmed by the British newspaper requesting the money be given to him directly, while four other officials have been suspended having been filmed themselves as part of the expose.
Committee chairman Claudio Sulser said: “The decision to provisionally suspend these officials is fully justified and should not be put in question.
“The evidence that has been presented to us has led us to take this provisional measure, as we considered that the conditions were definitely met to take this decision and we and we deem that it is crucial to protect the integrity of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process.
“We are determined to have zero tolerance for any breach of the code of ethics.”
FIFA’s ethics committee will meet again next month to make a final decision ahead of the World Cup vote at the start of December.