Jack Warner, a former senior FIFA official who has been involved in a wide-ranging bribery scandal, said that he fears for his life but it is time to stop keeping secrets for others.
A fearless 72-year-old Jack Warner was seen when he promised to burst out all that he knows concerning the dealings of the world soccer's governing body and its president, Sepp Blatter.
According to a report from Antigua Observer, the revelations came out first in a paid political ad, titled 'Jack Warner: The Gloves Are Off,' where he said he had prepared some comprehensive documents on FIFA's transactions, including checks and corroborated statements.
CNN report cited a statement from Warner, "I also will give them my knowledge of financial transactions at FIFA including but not limited to, Sepp Blatter. I have been there for thirty consecutive years. I was a heartbeat away from Blatter. I said to him in 2011, it's time-at 75 - it's time to step down."
CNN also reported about Warner's claims after Chuck Blazer, former FIFA executive committee member, admitted in his 40-page document released last Wednesday by the federal prosecutor that he and the other officials took bribes between 2004 and 2011 and assisted South Africa to delegate the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the World Cup bidding procedure event in 1998, Blazer also describes facilitating bribery.
Warner stated that Blatter turned his back against him when he advised him to stand down in 2011. Warner said, "tomorrow, not the day after."
His statements that were exactly reported on CNN were, "I said to him: 'Step down. Mr. Blatter, I empathize with you, because I was in 2011 where you are today. The only difference is you caused my demise, I didn't cause yours.'"
Blatter shocked the soccer world when he proclaimed his purpose to quit as president just four after he was elected for a fifth time by delegates to FIFA's annual World Congress.
The US Justice Department filed condemnation last month saying that Warner, a previous FIFA vice president and among the nine FIFA officials, was accused of accepting bribe amounting to $10 million to vote for South Africa's 2010 World Cup delegation. The Government of South Africa denies having paid any bribe to protect the rights to host the World Cup, CNN reported.
