(Reuters) – The Confederation of African Football confirmed it is investigating allegations of a breach of the governance and auditing regulations within its secretariat, after media reports of grievances against general secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba.
A statement from African football’s governing body said on Thursday it would appoint a international law firm or an international audit and professional services firm to investigate the alleged breach and report to its executive committee.
It did not mention Mosengo Omba by name but the general secretary said on social media he was the subject of the investigation.
“My efforts to turn around and regularise this institution, which has been disrespected at times, are being sabotaged by an out-of-the-blue report containing grievances without documented proof,” he posted on X on Wednesday.
“The planned independent investigation will expose the falsity and origin of this report,” he added.
Mosengo Omba formerly worked at FIFA before taking over as CAF’s general secretary three years ago.
CAF president Patrice Motsepe said in Thursday’s statement: “There is zero tolerance in CAF for corruption or breaching CAF’s internal governance, audit and transparency regulations or for violating CAF and FIFA statutes and regulations.
“We have committed CAF to adhering to global governance, audit, transparency and ethics best practices and established in 2021, an internal governance and compliance department in CAF.
“This internal governance and compliance department brought the alleged breach of CAF’s internal audit and governance regulations to our attention.”
Motsepe added CAF would discuss the report and appropriate action would immediately be taken if improper conduct or behaviour was identified.
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Alison Williams)
