The Associated Press and other foreign media reported on the 9th (Korea time) that “Former president Hayatu, who had long-term power at the African Football Federation, died in Paris, France, on the 8th at the age of 77.”

“I was saddened to hear the news of Hayatu’s death as the former president of the African Football Confederation and the acting president of FIFA,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on his Instagram account. “Hayatu, a passionate sports fan, devoted his life to sports administration. On behalf of FIFA, I would like to express my condolences.”

Born in Cameroon in 1946, Hayatu was a former track and field long-distance athlete who stepped into football in earnest when he was elected secretary-general of the Cameroon Football Association in 1974, and was elected president of the Cameroon Football Association in 1986.

Former president Hayatu, who was first elected as CAF president since March 1988, stepped down from his 29-year “African football chief” in March 2017 after failing to seek an eighth term.메이저사이트

Former president Hayatu was also suspected of receiving $1.5 million in bribes in connection with the selection of the 2022 World Cup venue, which was involved in the “FIFA corruption scandal” as a close aide to former FIFA president Jeff Blatter.

In the midst of this, former president Hayatu also served as acting president of FIFA from 2015 to 2016, when former president Blatter was suspended due to a corruption scandal.