{"id":20853,"date":"2019-06-07T07:57:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T07:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=20853"},"modified":"2019-06-07T07:57:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T07:57:46","slug":"caf-president-ahmad-released-french-investigators-no-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/caf-president-ahmad-released-french-investigators-no-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF President Ahmad released by the French investigators; no charges against him"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article fullArticle\">\n<section class=\"content\" data-post-id=\"691958\">\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<p><em>CAF President Ahmad released by the French investigators; no charges against him<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>CAF president Ahmad Ahmad has just been released by the French judicial authorities without charges against him.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nAhmad was arrested on Thursday morning at the Berri Hotel in Paris after being accused of contract fraud, mismanagement of CAF funds, and the payment of US$ 20,000 sums directly into the private bank accounts of federation presidents.<\/p>\n<p>Jeune Afrique reported Ahmad was asked about allegations that CAF unilaterally broke a contract with German sports merchandise giant Puma, before signing a merchandise deal with a French supplier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>credit: Ghanasoccernet<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAF President Ahmad released by the French investigators; no charges against him CAF president Ahmad Ahmad has just been released by the French judicial authorities without charges against him. Ahmad was arrested on Thursday morning at the Berri Hotel in Paris after being accused of contract fraud, mismanagement of CAF funds, and the payment of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9347,2,8417],"tags":[3045,6,11232,251,11202,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-20853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afcon-2019","8":"category-african-football","9":"category-featured","10":"tag-afcon-2019","11":"tag-african-football","12":"tag-ahmad-ahmad","13":"tag-caf","14":"tag-caf-president","15":"tag-france"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Caf.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-5ql","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20825,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-caf-president-ahmad-ahmad-arrested-paris\/","url_meta":{"origin":20853,"position":0},"title":"Breaking: CAF President Ahmad Ahmad arrested in Paris","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"June 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Breaking: CAF President Ahmad Ahmad arrested in Paris The President of the Confederation of African Football has been arrested in Paris according to Jeune Afrique. 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