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- Gabonese FA president was voted on to Caf exco in 2023
- Caf chief allegedly failed to act on reports of ***ual abuse
The general secretary of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), Veron Mosengo-Omba, ignored a recommendation that Pierre-Alain Mounguengui was ineligible for election to its powerful executive committee because he had been accused of covering up widespread ***ual abuse in Gabonese football, it can be revealed.
Mounguengui, the president of the Gabonese football federation (Fegafoot), has been accused of failing to act on reports of ***ual abuse and rape of young footballers in a series of stories that were first published by the Guardian in 2021. He has denied the allegations and there is no suggestion Mounguengui has been accused of ***ual abuse himself. Although he has not yet been formally charged, Mounguengui spent six months in custody awaiting a decision from the authorities in Gabon and was visited by the Caf president, Patrice Motsepe, with a final ruling on his case still pending almost four years on.
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