{"id":418933,"date":"2011-05-06T09:44:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T09:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/06\/disgraced-nigerian-fifa-member-makes-cas-appeal-over-corruption-ban\/"},"modified":"2011-05-06T09:44:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T09:44:43","slug":"disgraced-nigerian-fifa-member-makes-cas-appeal-over-corruption-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/06\/disgraced-nigerian-fifa-member-makes-cas-appeal-over-corruption-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced Nigerian Fifa Member Makes Cas Appeal Over Corruption Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"63\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-28607\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/disgraced-nigerian-fifa-member-makes-cas-appeal-over-corruption-ban\/amos-adamu-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28607\" title=\"Amos Adamu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Amos-Adamu-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amos Adamu is contesting his ban<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Disgraced Nigeria\u2019s Amos Adamu has appealed to sport\u2019s highest court to overturn his three-year ban from football.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The veteran administrator was found guilty of seeking bribes during 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process.<\/p>\n<p>The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) said on Thursday that he has now appealed against his suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Tonga\u2019s Ahongalu Fusimalohi has also appealed his two-year ban, according to the Swiss-based court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn both cases, the appellants request that they be found not guilty and the sanctions against them be annulled,\u201d the court said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The court has not fixed a hearing date.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Fifa\u2019s Appeal Committee upheld the decisions taken by the Ethics Committee in November.<\/p>\n<p>Adamu had been on the executive committee for both Fifa and the Confederation of African Football, as well as the president of the West African Football Union, before his ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/disgraced-nigerian-fifa-member-makes-cas-appeal-over-corruption-ban\/\" title=\"Disgraced Nigerian Fifa Member Makes Cas Appeal Over Corruption Ban\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disgraced Nigerian Fifa Member Makes Cas Appeal Over Corruption Ban<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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