
Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick has been elected into the FIFA Council at the Confederation of African Football’s 43rd General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco.
Amaju got a seat in the FIFA Council due to withdrawals from the race by contestants prior to the election. Gambian Lamine Bajo, Nicholas Mwendwa of Kenya, Wallace Karia (Tanzania) and Andrew Kamanga (Zambia) all withdrew from the race leaving only Pinnick and incumbent Walter Nyamilandu in the race, which was expected to produce two winners.
He also becomes the fifth Vice-President of CAF.
Other CAF vice presidents are Augustin Senghor (first Vice- President), Ahmed Yahya (second Vice- President), Souleiman Waberi (third Vice- President) and Fouzi Lekjaa (fourth Vice- President).