{"id":33855,"date":"2026-05-06T12:06:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33855"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:06:03","slug":"disqualified-lfa-candidate-sekou-keita-appeals-election-exclusion","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/disqualified-lfa-candidate-sekou-keita-appeals-election-exclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Disqualified LFA candidate Sekou Keita appeals election exclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Disqualified Liberia Football Association (LFA) presidential aspirant Sekou V. Keita has formally filed an appeal with the LFA Appeals Committee, challenging his exclusion from the upcoming May 15 elections.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Keita has signalled his readiness to escalate the matter to continental and global football authorities if his domestic appeal is unsuccessful.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a statement issued by his campaign team, Keita confirmed that all procedural requirements for the appeal have been fulfilled, including the payment of prescribed fees and the submission of relevant documentation to the LFA Secretariat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The appeal is being supported by his legal team, advisers and the Beach Soccer Association, a recognised voting member of the LFA.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Keita argues that the decision was not based on genuine eligibility concerns, but rather on what he describes as an improper interpretation of nomination procedures.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to Keita, his nomination was legitimately submitted by the Beach Soccer Association through its majority membership, in full alignment with the statutes governing the rights of LFA members.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22138,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-33855","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The appeal is being supported by his legal team.","published_date":"","news_description":"The appeal is being supported by his legal team.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33856,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33855\/revisions\/33856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}