62 players suspended by Cameroonian Football Federation over identity fraud: summary

What we know:

• Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) has suspended 62 players over allegations of double identity. Cameroon national player Wilfried Nathan Douala and Victoria United player Nji Richmond have been identified as one of the 62 players affected by the football federation’s decision.
• Douala who played for the country in the recently ended Africa Cup of Nations competition in Ivory Coast was suspended for allegedly falsifying his name and date of birth which amount to double identity and age cheating.
• The 62 players in the Elite One championship were suspended from the playoffs scheduled for March 17 in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon.
• A 4-minute investigation broadcast by French Newspaper Le Monde on March 11 made revelations about the supposed true identity of the 17-year-old Victoria United member indicating that his other identity as Alexandre Bardeli pegs his age at 23 years.
• The Cameroon team risks losing participation in subsequent tournaments if the player’s identity fraud is confirmed.

What they said:

Victoria United, Wilfried Nathan Douala's club has since refuted the facts, citing an error on the part of Fecafoot according to Le Monde. According to the newspaper, the club noted that Douala and team-mate Nji Richmond “do not have double identities as speculated by Fecafoot. We believe that this might be an error from the Fecafoot. We call on our supporters to remain calm as we have submitted the necessary documents to justify that the players do not have a double identity,” the BBC quoted a club statement from Victoria United.