Amos Adamu has denied any wrongdoing after FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee confirmed on Tuesday it had opened proceedings after its ethics prosecutors requested a two-year ban on him for charges including conflict of interest.

The former National Sports Commission Director-General faces a second ban from all football-related activities and a fine of $19,445 if found guilty.

Adamu, who was a FIFA executive member, was banned for three years in 2010 after he was found guilty of demanding money in exchange for World Cup votes.





However, the former CAF executive member, whose three-year ban expired in 2013, denied the accusation. He headed for the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a bid to clear his name, but CAS rejected his appeal.

FIFA said on Tuesday it had been investigating the alleged breaches of its code of ethics levelled against Adamu since March 2015.

“The investigations against Adamu conducted by Cornel Borbély, chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, were opened on March 9, 2015 and the final report was passed to the adjudicatory chamber on December 2, 2016. In the final report, the investigatory chamber recommends a sanction of a two-year ban from all football-related activities and a fine of CHF 20,000 for violations of arts 13, 15 and 19 of the FIFA Code of Ethics,” FIFA said in a statement.

“The adjudicatory chamber has studied the report carefully and decided to institute formal adjudicatory proceedings against Adamu.”

But Adamu fired back on Wednesday, saying he was not notified by the world football governing body that he was under fresh investigations.

“It’s strange. They did not hear from me or tell me my offence,” the former Nigeria Football Federation sole administrator told our correspondent in response to questions via text message.

“I will react and protest to expose their (FIFA) folly.”

He said he had decided to petition FIFA about the latest probe, saying he knew nothing about the allegations against him.

“My lawyers are working on it (petition),” Adamu said.

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