By Kenneth Kabiri
Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) Secretary-General Hicham El Amrani resigned on Sunday, a week after long-standing President
Issa Hayatou was ousted from power following defeat to Madagascar’s Ahmad in the elections.
El Amrani, in a letter to African football associations, said he would be departing on Monday, but gave no reason for his decision.
Hicham El Amrani, the 37-year-old Moroccan had served as Secretary General for the past six years.
Hayatou was deposed as CAF President 10 days ago at an election in Ethiopia, where six of his allies on the body’s executive committee also lost their positions.
The 70-year-old Hayatou had served as president for 29 years.
Meanwhile CAF’s new president, Ahmad Ahmad resumed work yesterday and, chaired a meeting with his staff at the African football body’s headquarters in Cairo later on Sunday. During the meeting, the new president announced he had accepted the resignation of El Amrani.
It would be recalled that the New CAF President Ahmad deposed the former President Issa Hayatou in a hotly constested elections in Ethiopia ten days ago.