Fecafoot elections postponed to February

The World Football governing body Fifa Emergency Committee has postponed the election of a new president into the Cameroon Football Federation to February 28.

In its statement, Fifa said, “The FIFA Emergency Committee has today decided to allow the postponement of the elections of the Cameroonian Football Association (FECAFOOT), which were scheduled for 29 November 2014, on condition that they take place by 28 February 2015 at the latest.

‘Furthermore, the Emergency Committee decided to extend the mandate of the normalisation committee accordingly and that the elections should take place according to the new statutes adopted on 23 August 2014?.

These decisions were made based on feedback from the Cameroonian authorities, who had expressed concern over security ahead of the upcoming FECAFOOT elections.

Fifa has indicated that the elections would hold with the same candidates, Tombi A Roko Sidiki, Joseph Bell Antoine, Robert Penne, Attah Robert, Jules Nyongha and Mebande Bridgitte.

It also means the normalisation committee would stay on to manage the Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea.