CAF Elections: Issa Hayatou humiliated in Addis Abba

By Elah Geoffrey Mbongale The old lion of African football, Issa Hayatou, suffered a humiliating defeat last Thursday, March 16 to Ahmad of Madagascar losing 34 to 20 votes at the 39th CAF Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, thereby ending his 29-year-old reign as president of the Confederation of African Football. The devastating defeat also means that Hayatou automatically loses his FIFA seat as Vice President of the word soccer-governing body where he remains the oldest man at 71 years. No sooner had the result been called than jubilant FA presidents carry Ahmad shoulder high and Hayatou caught a pitiable…