Samuel Eto’o faced a setback in his unexpected bid to resign as president of the Cameroun Football Federation (FECAFOOT) on Monday after his resignation was rejected by the federation’s executive committee.The four-time African Player of the Year is facing controversies, including allegations of misconduct, match-fixing, and corruption.Those calumnious rumours are harmful and defamatory, claims Eto’oTherefore, he opted for a resignation during the meeting in Yaounde summoned to discuss Cameroun’s disappointing performance at the AFCON. He offered to step down and encouraged other members to do the same ‘in good faith’.”At the end of discussions and subsequent deliberations, the members of the executive committee decided to maintain their current mandates and thus unanimously rejected the president’s resignation thereby renewing their confidence in him to continue with the same spirit of reconstruction and development of Cameroon football at all levels as envisaged in his plan adopted by the elective general assembly of Dec. 11, 2021,” the federation said in a statement, referring to the date Eto’o took over as president.##NAJAVA_MECA_7855560##
