NFF receives apology from Qatar whistleblower
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Nigeria, Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire have all received written apologies from the Qatar whistleblower for fabricating lies about Fifa exco members receiving bribes from the Qatar bid.
Arab-American Phaedra Almajid has been outed as the whistleblower and admitted to former World Soccer editor Keira Radnedge that she did something very wrong.

“I did something very wrong and I have to do everything I can, to put the records straight. I have to clear my conscience and cannot live with these lies anymore and I am very sorry to everyone I hurt, especially all my colleagues at the Qatar Bid.”
Almajid was employed by the Qatar bid between May 2009 and March 2010 and held the position of International Media Specialist, working closely with chief executive Hassan Al-Thawadi.

Almajid confessed that she fabricated the reports because she was upset at being sacked.

Part of the fabrication included claiming the bid offered bribes to Fifa executive committee members Issa Hayatou, Jacques Anouma and Amos Adamu and that it had been considering financial support for the Argentine federation led by Julio Grondona, Fifa’s senior vice-president.
Following her confession, she has now sent a letter of apology accompanied by a sworn affidavit of the true facts to Fifa, the Asian Confederation, CAF, the Qatar FA, and the Qatar World Cup 2022 Bid Committee as well as to Nigeria's NFF, Cameroon's FECAFOOT and Cote d'Ivoire's FIF.

Adamu and Reynaldo Temarii had earlier been suspended by Fifa on a separate vote-buying charges intigated by a sting carried out by the Sunday Times.
Almajid told Radnedge she had decided to make her retraction “because it is the right thing to do” and insisted she had not come under any outside pressure nor had she been offered any financial inducement.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/football-golf-boxing/12001-nff-receives-apology-from-qatar-whistleblower.html

You are not suppose to believe everything that comes from western media. Lies abound there

I just saw this silly story and I think this lady may have been paid by qatar authorities to clear the country's image. This can't be natural

The 'whistle blower' has been compromised.

Though I do not totally believed her. Now that she has come out openly to debunk her allegation, what happens to the accused?

There is more to this than meets the eye.

This is not the crime Adamu was punished for. Adamu was punished for asking for bribe for his vote and was caught on camera.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/18/amos-adamu-banned-fifa-corruption

This one was a different case entirely

So what happens next to Adamu and his tarnished integrity ?

This is different from the allegation that got Amos Adamu kicked-out of FIFA.

very guilty.He shud b jailed

a lil benefit of doubt wil do guys, y get paranoid over this, she has confessed , gud news for d countries' image

lonelypal:

a lil benefit of doubt wil do guys, y get paranoid over this, she has confessed , gud news for d countries' image

Now if only we could get rid of that Sunday Times video footage of him telling the "representatives" to put the money into his personal account. . .

@OP,
How does this "whistleblower" tie in with Adamu?
Adamu was caught on video clearly soliciting for bribes.

Kindly think through and read through statements before arriving at rabid conclusions.
Adamu is as guilty as charged as you are of posting rubbish on a public forum.

i was gonna say dude was caught on video now. So whats this lady going on about?

Do i beliv ds?NO, FIFA under Blatter stinks of corruptn, FIFA said deir wr evidences 2 prove d corruptn allegatn, whr r d evidences nw?dem don disappear, Blatter has always forced out oppositn,rememba Platini also, As COJA DG,Amos Adamu was corrupt, a leopard does nt change its spot