Amaju Melvin Pinnick, president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has been elected into the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) council.
Pinnick was elected as a member of the council at the 43rd CAF ordinary general assembly which took place in Rabat, Morocco on Friday.
The NFF president edged out Malawi’s Walter Nyamilandu, the incumbent, to become the third Nigerian to be elected into the FIFA council — following in the footsteps of the late Etubom Oyo Orok Oyo and Amos Adamu.
TheCable had earlier reported how Patrice Motsepe, South Africa’s billionaire, was elected as the president of the continental football body.
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He is expected to replace Ahmad Ahmad, who became the first CAF president to be banned by FIFA for five years, but recently had the suspension cut to two years after appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The 60-year-old Malagasy was banned by FIFA over financial misappropriation in November 2020.
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