Fecafoot official statement 👇 A French investigative journalist has revealed his intention to sue the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot), following the body’s published statement accusing him of attempted blackmail as well as extortion.
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| Samuel Eto’o. President of the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot). A former Cameroon, Inter and Barcelona striker |
Fecafoot, on Friday, stated that one ‘Romain Molina’ had made a proposal to release a story alleging irregularities within football in Cameroon if he was paid €25,000 by Samuel Eto’o, President of Fecafoot.
Molina responded by saying, the attempted blackmail came from someone impersonating him, further saying, this should have been vivid to Eto’o since he had made contact with the erstwhile Barcelona sharpshooter fro his own phone concerning a separate matter in March.
Molina disclosed to BBC Sport Africa: “The only time I spoke to Eto’o was in March – and the conversation I had was to warn him about paedophilia cases in a big football academy in Cameroon.”
He further said of the screenshots he has seen of the imposter’s WhatsApp messages: “That so-called number pretending to me is definitely not my number, nor my picture and the guy doesn’t know how to write French properly – there are big mistakes.
“So it’s scandalous because when you look at the statement of Fecafoot, they didn’t say it’s me but everyone will believe it’s me.
“My lawyer will definitely sue because it’s a big lie.”
In the statement released by Fecafoot, it reads: “After investigations, we discovered that these comments emerged from a video posted online by a certain Romain Molina, who identifies himself as an “independent French investigative journalist”. The author claims that Cameroonian players have paid to be called up to the national team, without further details.
“The Cameroonian Football Federation assures that it will clarify the matter.”
The full statement released by Fecafoot ⬇️
