{"id":663530,"date":"2019-07-24T17:24:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T17:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_3_ads  \"><div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \"><div class=\"ads_shortcode\"><div class=\"g g-5\"><div class=\"g-single a-10\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Citine"},"modified":"2019-07-24T17:24:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T17:24:24","slug":"caf-exco-member-bility-banned-by-fifa-for-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/24\/caf-exco-member-bility-banned-by-fifa-for-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf ExCo member Bility banned by Fifa for 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_3_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"g g-5\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-10\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Citinewsroom-Ad-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_1\">Fifa has banned Confederation of African Football (Caf) executive committee member Musa Bility for 10 years and fined him $500,000 (\u00a3400,000) for breaching its code of ethics.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_2\">Football\u2019s world governing body found the former Liberia FA (LFA) president \u201cguilty of having misappropriated Fifa funds, as well as having received benefits and found himself in situations of conflict of interest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_3\">Fifa said it has been investigating the 52-year-old since May 2018 following a forensic audit of the LFA.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_4\">The misappropriation of Fifa funds relates to those granted under the global body\u2019s \u201c11 against Ebola\u201d campaign and as part of its Financial Assistance Programme.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_5\">Liberia was one of three west African countries affected by an outbreak of Ebola between 2013 and 2016, when more than 10,000 people lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_6\">In a statement, Fifa added that there were also \u201cvarious payments made by the LFA to (and received from) entities owned by or connected to Mr Bility and his family\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_7\">His ban starts on Wednesday, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_8\">The sanctions against Bility, who has yet to comment on them, come shortly after\u00a0he filed a case against Fifa and Caf at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_9\">He is unhappy with what he calls the \u201cco-operation agreement\u201d between Caf and Fifa and wants it to be made \u201cnull and void with immediate effect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_10\">The recent agreement will see Fifa Secretary-General Fatma Samoura work with Caf as a General Delegate to Africa, with the Senegalese starting her role on 1 August.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".p4caiaxhr6.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d38374bef0ce9067bfed222.0.3.0.0:$post_11\">At a Caf ExCo meeting in Cairo last week, Bility was the sole member to oppose the plan \u2013 arguing that it contravened both Fifa and Caf regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifa has banned Confederation of African Football (Caf) executive committee member Musa Bility for 10 years and fined him $500,000 (\u00a3400,000) for breaching its code of ethics. 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