Incriminating new evidence is now said to have emerged in the match-fixing scandal involving Cameroon Football Federation president Samuel Eto'o.
The 42-year-old faces serious allegations of match-fixing, corruption, and abuse of power after complaints about him were put forward to CAF and FIFA several months ago.
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There have been loud calls for his resignation as the head of FECAFOOT amid an investigation against him, but the former Indomitable Lions striker has remained coy on the matter.
One accusation that has taken great prominence is Eto'o's alleged involvement in helping Victoria United return to the top level of Cameroonian football for the first time in almost 20 years this year.
The FC Barcelona icon is accused of colluding with the owner of the club and local businessman, Valentine Nkwain, to ensure their promotion.
According to Camfoot.com, a leaked phone conversation between the two men surfaced in July, seemingly revealing they had hatched a plot together that later resulted in Victoria going on a 12-game unbeaten streak and securing promotion to the top flight with a game to spare.
"There are things we can do, but you have to be very discreet, brother," Eto'o allegedly says in the 11-minute recording to the other man, alleged to be Nkwain, although the club owner has denied it was his voice being heard on the leaked audio.
Eto'o allegedly continues in the clip: "I haven't even had time to get home yet. I'm out, bro. I haven't had time to get home and work with the president [of the Cameroonian referees' association] because I can't call the refs directly and tell them to be careful. But I can work with the president...
"Opopo [Victoria United] must go up to the first division. This is our goal. This is our federation. Victoria United will go up. Stay calm, we will grant you the three points and we suspend the referee. But let me at least go back to Cameroon."
It is alleged that following this conversation in January, Victoria United's 12-game undefeated run began, and many officiating decisions went in their favour, with their opponents finishing matches with at least one red card in four of their nine wins.
Victoria were also awarded the points in four matches decided by FECAFOOT's disciplinary panel.
Although Nkwain vehemently denied being the other voice in the recordings, new evidence presented by Camfoot on Monday could prove to be crucial in the saga, with the news company asking London-based audio experts Earshot to analyse the recording.
It is said that Earshot found that the audios had not been manipulated and that the voices did indeed belong to Nkwain and Eto'o.
"Nkwain denying the existence of the conversation should have triggered a self-referral to the ethics commission of the Cameroonian Football Federation: nothing has happened to date," Camfoot wrote.
"This independent expert report thus puts an end to all speculation about the authenticity of the audio, Camfoot makes the report available to judicial authorities and the ethics commission of FECAFOOT, CAF and FIFA."
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Meanwhile, Eto'o's lawyers are reportedly insisting that the four-time African Footballer of the Year has not been notified of any legal proceedings against him.
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