- Safiu Kehinde
Former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has lost his re-election into the FIFA council.
Pinnick failed to secure the required votes to earn one of the six membership positions for Africa on the council.
The former NFF president scored 28 votes in the election held at the 14th CAF extraordinary general assembly on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt.
Elected members who will represent Africa for the next four years include are Faouzi Lekjaa (Morocco), Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania), Kanizat Ibrahim (Comoros), Souleiman Waberi (Djibouti), Hamidou Djibrilla (Niger), and Hani Abo Rida (Egypt).
Pinnick was first elected to the FIFA Council in March 2021 in Rabat, Morocco, making him only the second Nigerian after Amos Adamu to occupy this office.