Rabat, May 24 -- The ethical committee of football's international governing body, FIFA , has opened an inquiry into the leadership of Ahmad Ahmad, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The decision comes managing CAF's former secretary filed a complaint accusing the president, Ahmad Ahmad , of corruption and sexual harassment.

Spanish sports outlet Marca reported on yesterday that after weeks of hold-up on the case for lack of a strong basis for opening a criminal inquiry, FIFA is finally proceeding to investigating Ahmad Ahmad's tenure as CAF president.

March 31 was the departure point of the case, with CAF former secretary general, the Egyptian Amr Fahmy, lodging a complaint with FIFA's ethical committee. In ...