Umunyakameruni Issa Hayatou wahoze ari umuyobozi w’ishyirahamwe ry’umupira w’amaguru muri Afurika, yitabye Imana ku myaka 78. Samuel Eto'o uyobora ishyirahamwe ry’umupira w’amaguru rya Kameruni ni we watangaje iyi nkuru.
Samuel Eto'o, yise Hayatou "inkingi y’umupira w’amaguru ku rwego Afurika igezeho". Eto’o yasobanuye ko Hayatou yagize uruhare rukomeye kugirango imikino y’igikombe cy’isi bwa mbere ku butaka bw’Afurika, ibere muri Afurika y’epfo mu 2010.
Hayatou yabaye umuyobozi wa CAF kuva 1998 kugeza muri 2017. Ni igihe umubare w’imikino ya nyuma y’igikombe cy’isi, yabereye mu bihugu by’Afurika, wazamutse, biva kuri bitatu bigera kuri bitanu. Yabaye kandi umwe mu bagize Inama Nyobozi ya FIFA na Komite mpuzamahanga ya Olempike.
Issa Hayatou yabaye umuyobozi w'agateganyo wa FIFA mu gihe gito, ubwo mu rwego rw’ubuyobozi bw’umupira w’amaguru kw’isi, rwavugwagamo urukozasoni rwa ruswa bikaviramo, Sepp Blatter guhagarikwa ku mirimo.
Perezida wa CAF, Patrice Motsepe, yagize ati: "CAF n'umupira w'amaguru muri Afurika bizahora bibereyemo umwenda Perezida Hayatou kubera uruhare runini yagize, mu myaka myinshi ishize, mu iterambere ry'umupira w'amaguru muri Afurika."
Samuel Eto'o, wamenyekanye cyane akinira ikipi ya Barcelone FC yo muri Esipanye, yongeyeho ati: "Perezida Issa Hayatou buri gihe yari ashoboye, bitewe no kuba umuyobozi mwiza, ubuhanga bwe mu gukorana n’abandi, ndetse gushyira mu gaciro, kugira ngo yumvikanishe ijwi ry’Afurika. Tumukesha byinshi". (AFP)