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CAF: Addo Throws in the Towel Former CAF vice-president and vice-chairman of the Referees' Comm-ittee Farah Addo has resigned from African football's governing body. The Somali administrator's announcement on the CAF website cited personal reasons for his decision to step down. Addo's position was due to be discussed by the CAF Executive Committee on the 23 and 24 October. His announcement comes after FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in September that he expected CAF to comply with the ten-year ban placed on Addo by expelling him from their referees commission. Addo received the sanction for diverting funds given to his home nation under FIFA's financial assistance programme. The ban precluded him from participating in any football-related activity within a national association, confederation or FIFA. In the past Addo has claimed that his criticism of Blatter's election to the FIFA presidency in 1998 and 2002 was responsible for his ban. But Blatter, who subsequently sued Addo for libel in a Swiss court, denied misusing his presidential powers to hound the Somali out of the football fraternity. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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