Comparing it as he does to other political interference in sporting affairs in Africa completely ignores the fact that this incident was an act of terrorism committed against their team, and not the usual matter of government and sporting bodies arguing over the financial renumeration.

The fact that he uses both “reportedly” and “apparently” to defend CAF”s actions only goes to show he is relying on nothing more than the confused press reports we all have to understand what happened. Surely a much longer investigation by CAF was due here, rather than a hasty ruling just a couple of weeks after the incident. It smacked of being highly political itself, in fact.

I just found it amazing he made the point so briefly and without any substantive reference to the obvious extraordinary moral and political circumstances here.