The Confederation of African Football [CAF] president, Ahmad Ahmad, has reportedly been arrested in Paris, France this morning over corruption charges.
The Malagasy football administrator is in the European country where he is attending a Fifa Congress.
According to reports, Ahmad was picked at a hotel he is staying to answer charges of corruption which rose from a contract dispute with Puma.
The boss is said to have given a tender to a new company, linked to him, after it was taken from Puma.
CAF is yet to comment on the matter.
While details around the reported arrest remain sketchy, it is claimed that the 59-year-old’s capture is in connection with a “contract unilaterally broken by CAF with the German equipment manufacturer Puma to engage with the company Technical Steel, based in La Seyne-sur-Mer.”
Ghanaian journalist, Gary Al-Smith, who shared details of the arrest on Twitter on Wednesday, wrote
CAF President Ahmad arrested on Thursday morning around 8:30 am at the Berri Hotel in Paris, according to several media reports.
Arrest based on issues relating to contractual matters with a Puma deal that was unilaterally abrogated in favour of another company.
CAF President Ahmad arrested on Thursday morning around 8:30 am at the Berri Hotel in Paris, according to several media reports.
Arrest based on issues relating to contractual matters with a Puma deal that was unilaterally abrogated in favour of another company.
— Gary = AFCON mode. (@garyalsmith) June 6, 2019
