Cairo, July 11, 2016 – Confederation of African Football(CAF) has banned Vice-President of Equatorial Guinea’s Football Federation, Gustavo N’dong Edu from football for two years and ordered to pay a fine of US $25,000 for attempting to bribe match officials in the Women’s Afcon 2016 qualifier against Mali.
CAF also imposed two year ban on Democratic Republic of Congo midfielder, Christian Ngudikama for testing positive to banned subtances during the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda.
According to CAF, the 28-year-old midfielder was sanctioned for testing positive to banned stimulant ephedrine following DR Congo’s group match against Angola in January.
The South African futsal player Bryan Cottle has also been banned for two years after testing positive to banned methylhexaneamine following the 2016 Futsal Afcon match against Zambia.
The suspensions were announced on Sunday by CAF following the meeting of its disciplinary board on 3 July at its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
Also Al Merreikh official Hatem Ahmed has been suspended for two years from all football activities after being found guilty of punching the referee during an African Confederation Cup match against Kawkab Athletic.
A six-month football ban was also imposed on Merreikh player Alaa Eldin Youssef who was found guilty of kicking a photographer. Merreikh were also fined US $45,000.