Amaju Pinnick was on Thursday victorious in the four-way race for the presidency of the Nigeria Football Federation, and has been reelected President of the Nigeria football governing body.
Results
The result was declared by the Chairman of the Electoral Committee for the election, Muhammed Katu. Pinnick won the election by a landslide, pulling a total of 34 votes, while his opponents had a cumulative 10 votes —Alhaji Aminu Magari – 8 votes; Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi – 2 votes; and Chinedu Okoye 0 votes.
All 44 delegates from states football federation and other bodies including coaches, referees associations and players unions, participated in the election held in Katsina.
FIFA representatives, Luca Piazza and Solomon Mudege, were also among the special delegation on ground to witness the election. As of the time of writing this article, voting results for the offices of first Vice President, Chairman of Chairmen and other members of the NFF board, had not been declared.
Meanwhile, the smooth flow of the election process showed clearly that
normality has been restored to the NFF. However, with the new board coming into power, players, coaches, fans and stakeholders are optimistic that the new administration will put the needs of Nigerians above its own in its dealings moving forward.
