The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed it will open an internal investigation into a possible fraud.

A statement on its website published, Thursday, detailed that an internal committee on Fraud and Governance will look into the possibility of a breach, however the report failed to confirm which individual(s) are under the searchlight.

CAF President, Patrice Motsepe restated the body’s commitment to stomp out fraudulent practices and abuse of power within its structure.

“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,” said Motsepe.

“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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In its recent past, CAF has been embroiled in corruption cases involving some of his high ranking officials, including allegations against former president Issa Hayatou whose nearly three-decade reign came to an end in a historic election victory for Motsepe’s predecessor, Ahmad Ahmad.