Cameroon: Angry Roger Milla bangs FA doors

  1. Posted on Wednesday 25 August 2010 - 11:04
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    Walter Wilson Nana, AfricaNews reporter in Buea, Cameroon
    Cameroon's emblematic footballer, roving ambassador and honorary President of Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT, Roger Milla, slammed the doors of the last executive meeting of the FA, held in Yaoundé recently.
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    This happened after FA President Iya Mohammed refused to tender a public apology to Milla, who insisted FECAFOOT’s President owed him an apology after the letter he (Iya) wrote against him (Milla) prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, when Milla accused Samuel Fils Eto’o of not giving as much to the national team as he did with his various professional clubs in Europe.

    Milla postulated that Eto’o was underperforming while with the Indomitable Lions, both on and off the pitch. FECAFOOT then reacted, after the sports minister, Michel Zoah, in a letter giving unflinching support to Samuel Eto’o and Paul Marie le Guen, then coach of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon.

    “It’s my right as Honorary President to ask for an apology after what was published in the media. Iya should have consulted the executive committee before writing that. Why didn’t he call me to find out exactly what I meant?” Milla told journalists in Yaounde.

    The poorest performance of Cameroon in six World Cup appearances appeared to vindicate the old Lion and his pre-World Cup outburst.

    He said: “I will give them a few days. If nothing is done I will leave them with their FECAFOOT.” Milla added that even if he confirms his resignation, he will still serve his country with all his heart. “I will not abandon Cameroon’s football because some fellows are goofing.”

    Milla was appointed as Honorary President of Fécafoot in March 2008, at the peak of the conflict between the erstwhile sports minister, Thierry Augustin Edjoa and the FA. Until the recent Executive Committee of FECAFOOT, Milla was known to always back the FA.

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