2024-04-30 02:17:20
In recent days, the affair of intimate photos of Achille Emana which leaked on social networks has shaken the Cameroonian sports community. But while some try to present Samuel Eto’o as the ideal victim of this publication by obscuring the photo of Francis Ngannou with Maria, Emana’s girlfriend, Cameroonians are not fooled. For many, this is a gross manipulation orchestrated by the clan of the president of Fecafoot, as revealed by 237online.com.
Eto’o and Maria, a disturbing proximity
The first photo that sows trouble shows Samuel Eto’o sharing a meal alone with Maria. A scene which betrays a real intimacy between the boss of Cameroonian football and the partner of Achille Emana. Far from being a chance meeting, this lunch seems to have been carefully prepared between two people who know each other very well.
Another compromising cliché: that of Maria lovingly entwined with Tjeka Calvin alias “ Quality“, the right arm of Samuel Eto’o, in a hotel in Yaoundé. A proximity that is once again disturbing, especially since in a leaked voice recording, Maria claims to have had a relationship with “ Quality ” in the past. She even bluntly accuses him of being the author of the leak of Emana’s intimate photos, which he allegedly recovered from one of the player’s exes.
Ngannou, an innocuous selfie exploited
Conversely, the photo of Maria with Francis Ngannou does not reflect any particular intimacy. It’s a simple selfie taken on a plane, like we see so many with celebrities. Nothing to do with the much more ambiguous photos showing her with Samuel Eto’o and her confidant. However, the Eto’o clan tries to use this innocuous selfie to divert suspicion towards the MMA champion. A seamless maneuver that fools no one.
The precedent Nathalie Nkoa, the methods of the Eto’o clan in question
This is not the first time that the Eto’o clan is suspected of having orchestrated the distribution of intimate photos to settle scores. Should we recall that in the Nathalie Nkoa affair, it was a close friend of Samuel Eto’o named Kadji who leaked the compromising photos? A maneuver which also earned him a legal conviction.
For many observers, the Achille Emana affair would be a new illustration of the Eto’o clan’s expeditious methods to silence critical voices. Because Emana, just like Alexandre Song, did not mince his words as a CRTV consultant during the last CAN to denounce the disastrous management of the Indomitable Lions by Fecafoot. From there to imagining a skillfully orchestrated reprisal operation, there is only one step that some people no longer hesitate to take.
Whatever the case, this new affair sheds harsh light on the murky practices that plague Cameroonian football. Between settling scores, manipulations and low blows, all attempts seem permitted to muzzle critics and establish its power. A worrying drift which is reminiscent of the darkest hours of the governance of certain sports federations. Cameroonian football definitely deserves better than these little Neapolitan mafia schemes…