CAF president Patrice Motsepe has confirmed that an investigation into allegations of misconduct within its ranks is now underway.
On Thursday, various reports suggested that the South African held a meeting with the footballing body's executive committee to look into allegations of misconduct by general secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba.
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The general secretary, who was appointed in 2021, is alleged to have prevented some members of CAF's head of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) members from doing their jobs.
This is believed to have been documented in a report compiled by the GRC, which is also said to have claimed that the confederation's working environment is one that is stressful and that there have been repeated cases of inappropriate language in communications between departments.
Now, CAF has confirmed in an official statement that it has requested its audit and governance committee to investigate allegations of breach of its internal Governance and Auditing Regulations within its Secretariat.
The organisation also stated that international law firms or an audit and professional services firm will be appointed to investigate the alleged breach of the internal audit and governance regulations in place, and thereafter submit a report to the CAF executive committee (EXCO).
Motsepe stated that the footballing body will look to maintain the current culture of adhering to ethical practices, which has earned them the respect they currently enjoy.
"There is zero tolerance in CAF for corruption or breaching CAF's internal governance, audit and transparency regulations or for violating CAF and FIFA Statutes and Regulations," the South African executive, said per CAF's official website.
"We have committed CAF to adhering to global governance, audit, transparency and ethics best practices and established in 2021, an Internal Governance and Compliance Department in CAF.
"This Internal Governance and Compliance Department brought the alleged breach of CAF's internal Audit and Governance Regulations to our attention.
"The current culture in CAF of implementing and adhering to global governance, audit, transparency and ethics best practices has resulted in CAF being respected by its sponsors, partners, African Governments and other African and international stakeholders.
"We are committed and determined to retain this hard-earned respect.
"The CAF EXCO will discuss the Report and recommendations of the Audit and Governance Committee and appropriate action will immediately be taken if improper conduct or behaviour is identified by the Audit and Governance Committee."
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