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Musa Hbadan Bility, an African football official, has been banned from football for 10 years by the FIFA Ethics Commission following a survey of the finances of the Liberian Football Federation (LFA).
Bility is a former president of the LFA and a current member of the executive of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). He criticized recent measures taken by FIFA to play a more direct role in the management of African football.
FIFA said Wednesday that Bility was "guilty of embezzling FIFA funds as well as receiving benefits and finding themselves in a situation of conflict of interest, in violation of the Code of Ethics". FIFA Ethics ".
On Monday, Bility had said that he would ask the SwissThe Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is based on a court decision, overturned the agreement under which FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura would be sent on secondment to reorganize the proceedings African leader.
The FIFA Ethics Committee has been formally investigating Bility since last May after the world football body audited the financial accounts of the LFA, which he headed.
FIFA has noted conflicts of interest, including "various payments made by the LFA to [and received from] entities belonging to or related to Mr. Bility and his family ".
FIFA has also identified "a misappropriation of funds awarded as part of the FIFA campaign" 11 against Ebola "".
Launched in 2014 by FIFA with the World Health Organization, Cristiano Ronaldo had helped to educate the public about the medical emergency in Africa.
Bility was also suspected of having embezzled money from the annual FIFA grants granted by Liberia worth several hundred thousand dollars.
In recent weeks, after interrogating Bility by FIFA investigators, he led the resistance in the highest CAF commission against a Samurai project of the FIFA, from Senegal, effectively running the FIFA World Cup. Cairo-based organization every six months.
Bility stated that this decision infringed CAF's legal status and would form the basis of its appeal to the highest sports court in Switzerland.
SOURCE:
Al Jazeera and news agencies
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