The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has mounted another staunch defence of it's suspension of Togo from two Africa Cup of Nations just a day after Ghana's president John Attah Mills appealed in person to Issa Hayatou for the ban to be lifted. CAF executive committee member Amos Adamu told a press conference in Accra that CAF had acted to protect the image and interest of African football. Togo were banned from two Nations Cups after they withdrew from the 2010 tournament following the death of their bus driver and media officer as they crossed from Congo into Angola. The decision has been condemned as insensitive but Adamu, will have none of that. “Rules must be obeyed and CAF has a responsibility so we had to take that decision to save African football. CAF president Issah Hayatou and executive members are responsible people who will protect the image and interest of African football. Football will not be run on sentiments,” he said. Adamu claims Togo must take the blame for the incident which marred the Nations Cup and insist the two people who died were not on the official list that the Togolese sent to CAF prior to the tournament. He went on to cite the example of Benin who played in the 2005 Africa Youth championships after their goalkeeper had been assassinated in the middle of the competition and the recent Winter Olympics when Georgia went ahead to compete despite losing a member of their delegation in training. Source: Kickoff.com