The former president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Cameroon’s Issa Hayatou, died in Paris on Thursday at the age of 77.
According to Afrik-foot, Hayatou’s death on the eve of his 78th birthday has been confirmed by several reliable sources, including his former colleague Gerard Dreyfus and BBC journalist Osasu Obayiuwana.
Issa Hayatou, a former athlete, led CAF with an iron fist for almost three decades, from 1988 to 2017, and even briefly held the post of FIFA President, from October 2015 to February 2016 at the time of Sepp Blatter’s suspension.
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