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Former FIFA executive committee member, Amos Adamu, is unperturbed with his latest investigation by FIFA.

The world football governing body confirmed Adamu is subject to investigations by the organisation’s ethics committee on Wednesday.

But speaking to the media in Abuja on Thursday Adamu said FIFA lacked the basis for commencing another investigation against him after his three-year ban.

“One paper was making reference to the first issue I had with FIFA that I asked them to give me money to buy pitches,” he told NAN.

“Yesterday I saw my name that they are investigating me; they have not communicated to me yet and I want them to communicate to me before I react to whatever they want to say.

“The issue that happened before has happened and if there was any other issue that was involved, they would have said it that time.

“If they have any other new evidence they want to bring, then, let them bring it, I am equal to the task to answer the issue.

“You know I was very vocal that they must follow the rules; Blatter must go on suspension, Platini must go on suspension and they did just that.”

According to the former CAF executive committee member, he’s allegedly being witch-hunted which he said has cost him the opportunity of taking over reins of power from CAF president Isa Hayatou, now acting FIFA president.

“I told you the reason why they banned me that time; I was the only one they gave three years,” he said.

“Initially, I was going to be CAF president; they thought Hayatou will go. The election was in two years, so, they said I cannot contest; I said ‘yes sir, I cannot contest’.

“Let’s wait for them to tell me why they are investigating me, they must write me anyway.”

Adamu received a three-year ban and 10,000 Swiss Franc (£6,341) fine from FIFA’s ethics committee after being found guilty of breaching bribery rules on November 18, 2010.

The ban followed a Sunday Times expose which alleged the Nigerian had asked for cash in return for 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes.

However, the committee had announced they “did not find sufficient grounds to reach a conclusion that there was any collusion”.

But now the investigatory chamber of the independent ethics committee has confirmed that proceedings are ongoing against Adamu.