Source: BBC
Fifa has
suspended the Benin Football Federation (FBF) from global football after a
court ruling in the country blocked upcoming elections.
A
statement from football's world governing body said: "The Benin Football
Association (FBF) was suspended with immediate effect due to a recent
injunction by a local judicial court which impeded the holding of the due
election."
It means
Benin are set to miss June's 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against
Equatorial Guinea.
The
decision was made at the inaugural Fifa Council meeting, which is being held in
Mexico.
A court
ruling in Benin on 4 May prevented the FBF from holding presidential elections
and the suspension will be lifted only once a new Executive Committee has been
installed.
Benin are
currently second in Group C, two points behind group leaders Mali.
The
Squirrels are due to host Equatorial Guinea on the weekend of 3-5 June and then
travel to face Mali in September.
Only the
group winners guaranteed a place at the 2017 finals in Gabon.
The Fifa
Council meeting also ratified a recent of the decision of the bureau of the
Council to appoint a normalisation committee to run the daily affairs of the
Guinea Football Federation.
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