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Amaju Pinnick loses FIFA Council seat with slim margin

Posted : 13 March 2025

Nigeria’s candidate, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, narrowly failed to retain his FIFA Council seat, losing by a single vote in the poll held as part of the 14th CAF Extraordinary Congress in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday.


The former NFF President received 28 votes, just one short of both Ahmed Yahya of Mauritania and Souleman Hassan Waberi of Djibouti, who each received 29 votes to secure a spot on the prestigious panel.


Morocco’s Fouzi Lekjaa garnered 49 votes, while Egypt’s Hany Abou Rida and Niger Republic’s Djibrilla Hima Hamidou each received 35 votes.


Lekjaa, Rida, Hamidou, Yahya, and Waberi will join CAF President Patrice Motsepe, who was unopposed for a second term, as Africa’s representatives on the FIFA Council. They will be joined by Kanizat Ibrahim from Comoros, who claimed the women’s seat with 30 votes, defeating former FIFA Council and IOC Member Lydia Nsekera, who received 13 votes, and incumbent Isha Johansen, who received seven votes.


Andrew Kamanga (Zambia), Yacine Idriss Diallo (Cote d’Ivoire), and Augustin Senghor (Senegal) received 19, 18, and 13 votes, respectively. Meanwhile, Benin Republic’s Mathurin De Chacus withdrew just before the vote.


In the CAF Executive Committee elections, Alfred Randriamanampisoa (Madagascar) withdrew before the vote, leaving Elvis Chetty (Seychelles), Sobha Mohamed Ally Samir (Mauritius), and Feizal Ismael Sidat (Mozambique) to contest two COSAFA seats. Sobha Samir and Feizal Sidat emerged successful.


Unopposed as CAF President were Wallace Karia (CECAFA, Tanzania), Samuel Eto’o (UNIFFAC, Cameroon), Mustapha Ishola Raji (WAFU A, Liberia), Kurt Edwin-Simeon Okraku (WAFU B, Ghana), Sadhi Walid (UNAF), and Bestine Kazadi Ditabala (Female Seat, DR Congo).


FIFA Council Seats: Patrice Motsepe (South Africa); Fouzi Lekjaa (Morocco); Hany Abou Rida (Egypt); Djibrilla ‘Pele’ Hima Hamidou (Niger Republic); Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania); Souleman Hassan Waberi (Djibouti).


Female Seat: Kanizat Ibrahim (Comoros).


CAF Exco Seats: Samuel Eto’o (UNIFFAC); Wallace Karia (CECAFA); Sadhi Walid (UNAF); Mustapha Ishola Raji (WAFU A); Kurt Edwin-Simeon Okraku (WAFU B); Sobha Mohamed Ally Samir and Feizal Ismael Sidat (COSAFA).


Female Seat: Bestine Kazadi Ditabala (DR Congo).

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