Having benefited from a postponement in the case which opposes it to the African club, the businessman and former president of the UPL and the CA, always hopes to return to Tunisia if his request for criminal reconciliation is accepted. Slim Riahi, prosecuted by the African club, decided to contact supporters of the African club via a post on social networks.
Slim Riahi, former president of the African club, is still in flight. He is chased by the African club for qualified betrayal, money laundering, embezzlement and financial corruption.
The criminal chamber specializing in financial corruption affairs at the Tunis court of first instance decided to postpone the examination of this case to a later date pending the result of the request for criminal reconciliation filed by Slim Riahi lawyer.
Yesterday, the interested party published a post on social networks fed by several documents and in which he addresses supporters of the African club. Slim Riahi thus wants to prove that he has injected nearly 63 million dinars into the club account.
He indicates “that because of the information published in certain media concerning the evolution of the case concerning me since my departure from Tunisia in 2018, I would like to clarify for the general public and specifically for supporters of the African club the conclusions of justice concerning this case”.
“First: this case is not at its beginnings. (…) It initially started following a plot orchestrated by Youssef Chahed and was used by previous organs for blackmail and sometimes other ends. In reality, I do not understand why she arouses new interest in the particular moment. I confirm that this prosecution would not have taken place if I had been in Tunisia, and I am sure that it will be definitively closed upon my return (…).
Second: I had previously asked for a legal inquiry into the club’s financial accounts, as well as all spending and revenue during my mandate from June 2012 to July 2017. The Commission report was published and was not disputed either by the legal committees or by the administration of the African Club.
Third: I provided a detailed report demonstrating that I injected nearly 63 million dinars, precisely 62 million and 991 thousand dinars, during my mandate at the club. Today, I attach a copy of the document containing the results of the final judicial inquiry.
The report was produced by three experts after discussion and examinations of documents and evidence, leading to confirmation of the real amounts and documented in the bank accounts of the two parties. According to the results of the survey, the balance confirmed on my account at the African club amounts to around 60 million and 591 thousand dinars.
Fourth: published press articles did not address these important points, or mentioned that this case was manufactured and orchestrated in order to plot against me and against the African club.
In conclusion, I will discuss this file and others during a next television interview, but for the moment, I ask the African club supporters to carry out a second verification of the club accounts since 2012 so far. (…) ”.
It should be noted that the former president of the African club declared in May 2022 that he would return to Tunisia to face justice. He was sentenced on December 12, 2019 to 11 years in prison in absentia for money laundering.
Slim Riahi took control of the African club in July 2012, then resigned in July 2017 due to the accumulation of judicial affairs against him and the frost of his assets by decision of the investigating judge at the judicial center.
These clarifications from Slim Riahi coincide with the arrival of a new American sponsor at the African Club and the promise to inject nearly 50 million dinars over four years.
