CAF Appeals committee fail to understand that Morocco acted in Bad Faith hence, principle of Estoppel Applies
By Chris Kamara GDMS The FRMF in the finals of the AFCON 2025 acted in bad faith towards the match and played a key role in cajoling Senegal to continue the match despite Senegal were in breach of Article 82 of the AFCON Regulations , by walking out of the game , without the approval of the referee. Morocco acted in bad faith on the pretext that, they have an advantage due to the penalty that had been awarded to them and they believed that, they will score and eventually go on to win the tournament. On that note, they were very sure that getting Senegal back on the pitch will secure that agenda and as such enable them win the AFCON. What they failed to know is that, such intentional dishonest and deceitful conduct would waive their rights ( estoppel) to any successful litigation in future as they have participated in correcting the wrong doing of Senegal; and did not find anything wrong in their conduct. Morocco did not refuse to play citing the breac...