FIFA executive committee member Amos Adamu has denied any wrongdoing after being provisionally suspended while his alleged role in a World Cup vote-selling scandal is investigated.



Adamu and Tahiti‘s Reynald Temarii, two members of FIFA‘s 24-man executive committee who will decide which nations host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, were suspended by the governing body after being the subjects of an undercover investigation by The Sunday Times, who allege the pair asked for cash in return for their votes.



Adamu said in a statement on Thursday, ”Allegations were made against me by a British newspaper on 17th October 2010 which prompted a FIFA ethics committee meeting yesterday (Wednesday) which concluded I should be provisionally suspended from my FIFA duties.



Whilst I wholly refute all allegations made, I fully support the inquiry since it is important that these claims are thoroughly investigated. Only by doing this will FIFA - and the wider football community - be able to trust that its appointed representatives are beyond reproach.”



The pair were provisionally banned ”from all football activity” on Wednesday pending a final hearing next month.