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After all the confusion that has trailed the
election of a new president for the Nigeria
Football Federation, NFF, Delta State FA
chairman, Amaju Pinnick, has been elected as
the new boss of the Nigerian football house.
According to the voting process held in Warri,
Delta State, on Tuesday, 30 September, 2014,
Pinnick, who is also the chairman of the Delta
State Sports Commission, became the new NFF
boss through a run-off process after he could
not get the two-third of votes in the first round of
voting.
Supersport reports that the 43-year-old football
administrator got 32 of the 44 votes in the run-
off after polling 25 in the first round of voting
during the NFF elective general assembly.
It was gathered that the vice chairman of Lobi
Stars and former Nigeria international, Dominic
Iorfa, ended up in second place with eight votes
in the run-off after he initially received six votes
in the first round of voting.
Former NFF secretary-general Taiwo Ogunjobi,
who finished a distant second with nine votes in
the first round of voting, came in third position
with four votes after the run-off.
Also, a former NFF vice president, Amanze
Uchegbulam got four votes, while Mike Umeh and
Abba Yola ended the polling process without any
votes.
Meanwhile, the seventh aspirant, Shehu Dikko,
was declared withdrawn from the NFF
presidential election by the football federation’s
electoral committee since he was absent.
Speaking to journalists after the elction, Pinnick
said: “I am so excited winning the election
and I will make sure I lift Nigerian
football high when I assume office.”
Prior to the commencement of the election, there
have been rumour that voting might not hold
following a court order halting the elective
congress of the NFF holding today.
It would be recalled that the world football
governing body, FIFA, had given Nigeria up till
today for a new president of the NFF to be
elected.
This is after the country had been suspended and
the suspension lifted by FIFA following the
removal and reinstatement of former NFF
president, Aminu Maigari.
With the election of Pinnick as the new NFF
president today, it is hoped that the new board
would put their acts together and get to work as
the Super Eagles and the Super Falcons are have
continental engagements next month.
The Eagles are expected to play Sudan (away
and home) in 2015 Nations Cup qualifiers, while
the Falcons would compete at the 2014 African
Women Championship holding in Namibia.