Fifa tell Ismaili: Abeg no disturb us with dis your wahala
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:31 pm
Last Updated: Tuesday, 6 April, 2004, 12:24 GMT 13:24 UK
Fifa stay out of African row
Fifa will not look at Ismaili's claim for the 2003 African Champions League title if Caf's decision goes against them.
Egyptian club Ismaili have said that if Caf do not award them the title they will take their case to football's world governing body.
But Fifa told the BBC Sport website that they will not deal with such a case.
They say that since the matter "is related to a confederation championship the confederation itself is competent to take a final decision."
Caf's Inter-club committee on Saturday failed to reach a decision on Ismaili claims that Enyimba fielded two ineligible players in the African Champions League final last year.
The committee who heard the case was made up of Caf President Issa Hayatou from Cameroon, Somalia's Farah Addo, Tunisian Slim Shiboub, Mohamed Raouraua from Algeria and Suketu Patel from Seychelles.
The other two members of the committee, Egypt's Mohamed Hussien Osman and Nigeria's Amos Adamu, were requested to leave the room while the case was discussed.
Ismaili presented video and documentary evidence that Ahmed 'Yaro Yaro' Garba played for Nigerian side Kano Pillars at the same time he was registered for Enyimba in the African Champions League.
Sources within Caf have told the BBC Sport website that the video evidence presented by Ismaili will be sent to France for authentication.
Garba appeared for Enyimba as a substitute in the second leg of the Champions League against Ismaili in Cairo.
The committee however did not look at the case put forward by the Egyptian club that Ndidi Anumnu, who scored in the first leg of the final, was also ineligible because he played for Iwuayanwu Nationale in Nigeria.
Fifa stay out of African row
Fifa will not look at Ismaili's claim for the 2003 African Champions League title if Caf's decision goes against them.
Egyptian club Ismaili have said that if Caf do not award them the title they will take their case to football's world governing body.
But Fifa told the BBC Sport website that they will not deal with such a case.
They say that since the matter "is related to a confederation championship the confederation itself is competent to take a final decision."
Caf's Inter-club committee on Saturday failed to reach a decision on Ismaili claims that Enyimba fielded two ineligible players in the African Champions League final last year.
The committee who heard the case was made up of Caf President Issa Hayatou from Cameroon, Somalia's Farah Addo, Tunisian Slim Shiboub, Mohamed Raouraua from Algeria and Suketu Patel from Seychelles.
The other two members of the committee, Egypt's Mohamed Hussien Osman and Nigeria's Amos Adamu, were requested to leave the room while the case was discussed.
Ismaili presented video and documentary evidence that Ahmed 'Yaro Yaro' Garba played for Nigerian side Kano Pillars at the same time he was registered for Enyimba in the African Champions League.
Sources within Caf have told the BBC Sport website that the video evidence presented by Ismaili will be sent to France for authentication.
Garba appeared for Enyimba as a substitute in the second leg of the Champions League against Ismaili in Cairo.
The committee however did not look at the case put forward by the Egyptian club that Ndidi Anumnu, who scored in the first leg of the final, was also ineligible because he played for Iwuayanwu Nationale in Nigeria.
