Nigerian
sports administrator and former FIFA executive committee member Dr Amos Adamu
has been handed a two-year ban by the world football governing body.
"The
adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee, chaired by
Hans-Joachim Eckert, has decided to ban the former football official Amos Adamu
for two years from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at
national and international level," FIFA announced in a press release on
Tuesday.
"The
investigation into Mr Adamu was conducted by Dr Cornel Borbély, chairman of the
investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, which resulted in a final report
being submitted to the adjudicatory chamber on 2 December 2016. Adjudicatory
proceedings were formally opened on 20 December 2016.
"The
adjudicatory chamber determined that, through his involvement in the
organisation of an event in 2010, while being a member of the (then) FIFA
Executive Committee, Mr Adamu violated articles 13 (General rules of conduct),
15 (Loyalty) and 19 (Conflicts of interest) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.
"The
sanction is effective from 28 February 2017, the date on which this decision
was notified."
Adamu, who
headed Nigeria's hosting body for the 2003 All Africa Games, has been embroiled
in controversy since a Sunday Times sting operation allegedly caught him in a
corruption scandal.
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