Ivorian ex-Fifa executive Jacques
Anouma has told the BBC that he did not accept a $1.5m (£1m) bribe over
Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid.
His denial comes amid a criminal investigation by Swiss prosecutors into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids.
Mr Anouma said that justice should now be left to run its course.
The
Swiss investigation follows the indictment of seven top Fifa officials
in May, accused of accepting bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than
$150m.
Mr Anouma also said that $2m paid by Qatar to the
Confederation of African Football (Caf) in 2010, ahead of the final
World Cup vote, did not oblige African members to vote for the Gulf
nation.
Negotiations with Qatari officials for the $1.5m bribe
are alleged to have taken place in a hotel in the Angolan capital
Luanda, during the Caf annual congress in 2010.
But Mr Anouma
said there was no way he could have been involved as he was not even in
the country at the time, having instead stayed behind in Ivory Coast.
Qatar denies any allegations of bribery in relation to its 2022 World Cup bid.
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