Britain's Sunday Times newspaper said Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) president Temarii and Nigeria's Amos Adamu -both members of world soccer governing body FIFA's executive committee - had offered to sell their votes when approached by reporters posing as lobbyists for an American consortium.
The newspaper report said Adamu was filmed asking for 500,000 pounds ($799,600) for a personal project and that Tahitian Temarii asked an undercover reporter in Auckland for NZ$3m ($2.27 million) to fund a sports academy at the OFC's headquarters.
"Further to information made public by The Sunday Times, the OFC President and FIFA Vice President Reynald Temarii will cooperate fully with the FIFA Ethics Committee and the FIFA Secretary General," a statement from the OFC said. "Reynald Temarii welcomes a full and thorough investigation so that all the facts can be heard." The OFC said it would not comment further until the findings of the FIFA Ethics Committee have been released.
FIFA will decide on Dec. 2 in Zurich which countries will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The choices will be made by the 24-strong executive committee.
