Former Gabonese football coach of the Under-17 National Team Patrick Assoumou Eyi, as well as two other coaches, Orpheus Mickala and Triphel Mabicka, have also been indicted by Gabonese justice.
Le Monde with AFP
The International Football Federation (FIFA) reported, Tuesday, January 11, that it had opened an investigation following accusations of sexual assaults of hundreds of children by several football coaches in Gabon. This will be entrusted to the “FIFA Independent Ethics Committee”, clarified the Federation, confirming a Information from the British daily life The Guardian.
Patrick Assoumou Eyi, former Gabonese football coach of the National Team of Under 17, is accused of alleged sexual assaults of hundreds of children. He was arrested by the Gabonese authorities on December 20 and indicted for “rape on minors”.
Two other club coaches, Mickala Orpheus and Triphel Mabicka, were also indicted for the same reasons. The three coaches risk thirty years of criminal imprisonment.
The Taekwondo also concerned
Nice in the middle of Gabonese football under the sobriquet of “Capello”, Patrick Assoumou Eyi, whose name was made public by The Guardian, who A revealed the case in December , was the coach of the national selection of under 17 until 2017 and was, since then, Technical Director of the Estuary Football League, the Province of the Capital , Libreville.
The Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, had mentioned a “very serious and unacceptable” affair and had given for instructions “to seize the Minister of Justice for the opening of a judicial investigation in the national football community for Sexual abuses having been committed against children, boys and girls “, but also” to expand the survey to all national sports federations “to” eradicate sexual predator potentials “.
Football is not the only sport affected in recent weeks. Martin Avera, known in Gabon under the pseudonym of “Maître Chacka”, a coach of Taekwondo, was arrested on 29 December by the Gabonese police for “pedophilia” presumed on “many victims”.