Immediately after last week's election, I had predicted that the firestorm surrounding the ongoing allegations of corruption and arrest of his underlings in Zurich at the behest of the US Department of Justice, would make it impossible for him to conclude this term of office. I even imagined the US and some other countries declaring Blatter persona non grata.
The scenario of Blatter in the dock being cross-examined appears most frightening to all concerned. From all indications Blatter has been confronted by all this and more and hence decided to jump now rather than later.
Who was that Nigerian representative on the FIFA assembly fingered and recorded on tape demanding money for votes? I will not be surprised if he is still in recorning in sports administration in Nigeria. But he shouldn't be. These are kind of issues we should have taken care of instead of reserving it once again for President Buhari. Perhaps that would be expecting too much from the past PDP administration.
Meanwhile, VIVA FIFA! May the beautiful game grow unhindered.
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