Nigeria’s Samson Adamu has been named the caretaker general secretary of The Confederation of African Football (“CAF”).
CAF President Patrice Motsepe announced this at a press conference in Cairo after a meeting of CAF executives.
Adamu replaces the retiring Democratic Republic of Congo’s Veron Mosengo-Omba, who assumed the position in March 2021.
The 66-year-old Mosengo-Omba had been criticised for staying on as general secretary past the organisation’s mandatory retirement age of 63. He has also been accused by some employees of creating a toxic atmosphere in the workplace, although an investigation after staff complaints cleared him of any wrongdoing.