Heritier Lumumba has accused Collingwood of attempting to brush aside their internal review into racial discrimination during his time at the club.
The former Magpies defender has alleged he was the victim of racial abuse during his stint with the club and launched a claim with the Supreme Court against Collingwood for “failing to protect him from racism”.
Collingwood in June revealed they would investigate the allegations internally.
Eddie McGuire last week announced he would step down as club president following the 2021 season, but vowed to continue promoting programs to combat racism.
Lumumba however believes McGuire’s decision to stand down was associated with the investigation and slammed the club for not giving him a copy of the findings.
1/ Six months after announcing an internal review on racism and racial discrimination, a report was finally delivered to @CollingwoodFC's board. Eddie McGuire announced he would be stepping down just 72 hours later. 🤔
— Héritier Lumumba (@iamlumumba) December 23, 2020
2/ As usual, CFC have tried to spin this to avoid associating Eddie’s departure with the findings of the review, by making no mention of it publicly. No doubt their intention is to bury the report in 'new initiatives' around ‘equality’ as mentioned by McGuire in his speech.
— Héritier Lumumba (@iamlumumba) December 23, 2020
3/ CFC is yet to provide me with the report — they ignored a request for it. If they truly believe in transparency, CFC should make the report public. Instead, they’re doing their best to hide it behind McGuire’s ‘lap of honour’ exit from the club’s presidency.
— Héritier Lumumba (@iamlumumba) December 23, 2020
4/ CFC’s damage control tactics are predictable. They likely include a strategically crafted apology that will attempt to spin its way out of real accountability.
— Héritier Lumumba (@iamlumumba) December 23, 2020
5/ CFC has constantly avoided acknowledging their toxicity and institutional failures, or how they punished me for speaking out and used their power as an institution to publicly discredit me.
— Héritier Lumumba (@iamlumumba) December 23, 2020