Véron Mosengo-Omba stepped down as general secretary of the Confederation of African Football after five years in a senior leadership role at African soccer’s governing body.
The Swiss Congolese official, who left FIFA to take the CAF post in 2021, said Sunday he was resigning “to devote myself to more personal projects.”
The Nigerian Football Federation said Samson Adamu will serve as acting general secretary.
CAF announced in January 2025 that the Swiss Public Prosecutor’s Office ended an investigation into Mosengo Omba, saying it found no facts or legal basis to initiate proceedings after allegations of financial wrongdoing.
“Now that I have been able to dispel the suspicions that some people have gone to great lengths to cast on me, I can retire with peace of mind and without constraint, leaving the CAF more prosperous than ever,” Mosengo Omba said in a statement posted on social media.
Mosengo Omba is a university friend of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and followed him from UEFA to FIFA in 2016.
CAF president Patrice Motsepe, speaking after an executive committee meeting in Cairo, confirmed that the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations will be held in Morocco as planned.
The tournament was originally scheduled for March 17 to April 3 but was postponed to July 25 to Aug. 16.