FIFA hands two-year ban to BFF secretary Shohag

FIFA, the regulatory body of world football, has imposed a two-year ban and financial penalty on Bangladesh Football Federation general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag for falsifying documents.

The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has sanctioned Shohag, secretary of BFF and former member of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber, informed a FIFA press release at its website on Friday.

Shohag has been issued with a two-year ban from taking part in all football-related activities and ordered to pay a fine of CHF 10,000 (around TK 1.2 million) for having used false and/or falsified documents to justify payments made by the BFF with FIFA funds.

In addition to the evidence collected during the investigations conducted by the investigatory chamber in the applicable proceedings, the adjudicatory chamber was comfortably satisfied, after having conducted a hearing and upon careful analysis of the evidence presented before it, that Shohag had breached articles 13 (General duties), 15 (Duty of loyalty) and 24 (Forgery and falsification) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, 2020 edition.

The grounds of the decision have been communicated to Shohag today (Friday) and copies of letters have been sent to BFF and Asian Football Federation.