Pinnick Wins CAF Executive Committee Seat

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has been elected into the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football.

Mr. Pinnick defeated incumbent Moucharafou Anjorin of Benin Republic to win the CAF West Zone B seat at the just concluded 39th CAF General Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In Thursday’s election, the NFF boss got 32 votes to his opponents 17.

Election for CAF Executive Committee (2017-2021)
West Zone B“>https://twitter.com/PinnickAmaju”>@PinnickAmaju (Nigeria) 32
Anjorin Moucharafou (Benin) 17 #CAFGA2017

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— CAF (@CAF_Online) March”>https://twitter.com/CAF_Online/status/842382334666108932″>March 16, 2017

Pinnick joins Danny Jordaan (South Africa and Southern African zone), Musa Bility (Liberia and Western Africa Zone A), Suleiman Waberi (Djibouti and Central/East African Zone) and Faozi Lekjaa (Morocco and Northern African Zone) as members who have been elected into the CAF Executive Committee from 2017 to 2021.

Earlier in the day, Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar beat long-serving incumbent Issa Hayatou by 34-20 votes, to become the first CAF president since 1988.