Guélor Kanga case: after two postponements, the new date of the verdict set
A new date has been set for the judgment of the dispute between FECOFA and FEGAFOOT over Guélor Kanga.
From our correspondent in DR Congo
Gelor Kanga.
After two postponements, the Guélor Kanga case will be decided on Monday, May 24 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The announcement was made to sportnewsafrica.com by a source close to the Congolese Federation of Association Football (FECOFA).
A Gabonese international of Congolese origin, Guélor Kanga is accused by FECOFA of identity theft.
His real name would be Kiaku Kiaku Kiangani. He was born on October 8, 1985 in Kinshasa, to Congolese parents. While his passport indicates, on the other hand, that he is a native of Oyem, on September 1, 1990.
A new date has been set for the judgment of the dispute between FECOFA and FEGAFOOT over Guélor Kanga.
From our correspondent in DR Congo
After two postponements, the Guélor Kanga case will be decided on Monday, May 24 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The announcement was made to sportnewsafrica.com by a source close to the Congolese Federation of Association Football (FECOFA).
A Gabonese international of Congolese origin, Guélor Kanga is accused by FECOFA of identity theft.
His real name would be Kiaku Kiaku Kiangani. He was born on October 8, 1985 in Kinshasa, to Congolese parents. While his passport indicates, on the other hand, that he is a native of Oyem, on September 1, 1990.
The 2006 voter card
For two months FECOFA and the Gabonese Football Federation (FEGAFOOT) have been opposing this issue. Each camp in fact submits to CAF the documents supposed to prove it right.
Initially set for May 9, the verdict in this case was postponed for the first time following the introduction by FECOFA of new elements strengthening its prosecution file, in particular the copy of a Kanga voter card issued in 2006. by the former Congolese Independent Electoral Commission (CEI).
The player had sworn never to have received an identity card in the DRC, while in this country the voter card does, in fact, serve as an identity card.
For two months FECOFA and the Gabonese Football Federation (FEGAFOOT) have been opposing this issue. Each camp in fact submits to CAF the documents supposed to prove it right.
Initially set for May 9, the verdict in this case was postponed for the first time following the introduction by FECOFA of new elements strengthening its prosecution file, in particular the copy of a Kanga voter card issued in 2006. by the former Congolese Independent Electoral Commission (CEI).
The player had sworn never to have received an identity card in the DRC, while in this country the voter card does, in fact, serve as an identity card.
The date of death of Kanga’s mother
Once again scheduled for May 16, the judgment of the case will once again be postponed. The FECOFA having returned to the charge by adding in the prosecution file elements fixing the date of death of the mother of Guélor Kanga in February 1986 in Kinshasa, four months after the birth of the player in the Congolese capital.
This clearly contradicts the FEGAFOOT documents indicating that Guélor Kanga was born in Oyem, Gabon in 1990 while, according to FECOFA, his mother died in Kinshasa four years earlier.
On May 24, the case should be cleared. If CAF decides in favor of the DRC, the Leopards could be put back in the group of countries qualified for CAN 2021 which include the Panthers of Gabon, who eliminated them.
Once again scheduled for May 16, the judgment of the case will once again be postponed. The FECOFA having returned to the charge by adding in the prosecution file elements fixing the date of death of the mother of Guélor Kanga in February 1986 in Kinshasa, four months after the birth of the player in the Congolese capital.
This clearly contradicts the FEGAFOOT documents indicating that Guélor Kanga was born in Oyem, Gabon in 1990 while, according to FECOFA, his mother died in Kinshasa four years earlier.
On May 24, the case should be cleared. If CAF decides in favor of the DRC, the Leopards could be put back in the group of countries qualified for CAN 2021 which include the Panthers of Gabon, who eliminated them.
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