CAF Elections – The fall of Hayatou and the rise of Ahmad!
10 years agoA combination photo made on March 14, 2017 shows Malagasy Football Federation president Ahmad Ahmad (L) in Antananarivo on February 13, 2017 and Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou in Zurich on January 11, 2016. Madagascar's football boss Ahmad will challenge the long-serving Hayatou during the CAF presidential election on March 16, 2017 in Addis Ababa. First elected in 1988, Cameroonian Hayatou, 70, is seeking an eighth consecutive term as head of the body that governs African football. RIJASOLO, Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
Issa Hayatou did not take it lightly. He is unforgiving and never takes any prisoners. In the wake of his winning the elections that year, my name was immediately expunged from the next list of the membership of the Players Committee of CAF.
