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| Monday, 21 October, 2002, 15:40 GMT 16:40 UK Addo unrepentant ![]() Addo says Blatter's decision to remove him was wrong Caf's first vice-president Farah Addo has said his removal from Fifa's referees committee was unfair. "For someone who has been president of his own association for 25 years and worked hard for Fifa for 12 years, it was not right to do that. "But this is now the past. Fifa don't need me, and I don't need Fifa," Addo told BBC Sport Online. Before the Fifa presidential elections in May, the Somalian had accused Sepp Blatter of using dirty tricks to keep himself in office. Blatter went to court to have Addo banned from repeating the allegations. Addo is adamant that he has evidence to prove that a member of the Somali FA was offered a bribe to back Blatter during the election battle. Addo and Uefa president Lennart Johannson, another critic of Blatter, met at the opening of the new Caf headquarters on Sunday. But the Caf vice-president says the outward show of friendship between the two camps is a facade. "The good relations are just a formality. People are pretending. "It's just diplomacy. There's a clash of personalities, and that will remain." Addo said he would remain with Caf, despite his current problems with Fifa. | See also: 15 Oct 02 | Africa 29 Apr 02 | Africa 17 Mar 02 | Africa Top Africa stories now: Links to more Africa stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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