A French prosecutor, Xavier Tarabeux has confirmed that Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Ahmad Ahmad is under probe over allegations of corruption leveled against him, but did not state the source of the petition.
However, Tarabeux, who is from the French city of Marseille, added that Ahmad has been released without charges at this stage, after he was on Thursday arrested and questioned by police officers in Paris.
Tarabeux added that Ahmad was picked up for questioning as part of ‘a probe into corruption, breach of trust and forgery.’
Additional report indicated that Ahmad’s arrest is linked to the contract unilaterally broken by CAF with German equipment manufacturer, Puma to engage with La Seyne-sur-Mer-based Technical Steel instead.
Jeune Afrique added that the new contract, according to CAF’s former secretary-general, Amr Fahmy, came due to proximity between Ahmad and an official of the French company, but with an additional extra cost of $830,000 (739 000 euros).
However, Ahmad stated in April: “All decisions were made collegially and were transparent.”
