APA – Douala (Cameroonian) The coach of the Cameroonian indomitable lions, German national Otto Pfister, is subpoenaed for "breach of confidence and fraud", judiciary sources told APA Wednesday.
The plaintiff, Cameroonian Fernand Taninche, said he facilitated the recruitment of the German technician in October 2007 for a "commission", and accused Otto Pfister of "not respecting his commitments".
"I am lodging a complaint for breach of trust and fraud, which are condemned by the Cameroonian civil code. From now on, I am associating in a court action with the prosecutor as in the terms of the agreement between the two parties, I was supposed to received 34 million CFA from him", Mr. Taninche said.
"After various negotiations both with his son and legal representative Mike Pfister and himself, they pledged to pay me 20% of all his gains in Cameroon as commissions at the end of his
contract", he wrote in his complaint.
The plaintiff declared that he "endeavoured" to convince the Cameroonian authorities on the advantage that the former Togolese coach could represent.
Before the nomination of the German national at the leadership of the Cameroonian football, the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) had issued an invitation to tender and collected about 80 applications.
Five of them were short-listed and one was to be appointed. Against all expectations, the Cameroonian minister of Sports and Physical Education, Augustin Edzoa, rather chose Otto Pfister, who ranked 11th out of the 80 candidates; which surprised many Cameroonians.
This was a "defect in procedure" that opposed the Ministry and Otto Pfister on the one hand and FECAFOOT on the other hand, which officially stated it did not recognize the German technician as the Cameroonian coach.
