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BREAKING: Amaju Pinnick Wins NFF Election, Re-elected For 2nd Term (Photos)

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6 years ago

September 20, 2018

Amaju Pinnick was on Thursday afternoon , reelected the Chairman of Nigeria Football Federation .Pinnick polled 34 votes to beat three other contestants to retain his seat .

Alhaji Aminu Magari got eight votes ; Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi got two votes while Honourable Chinedu Okoye did not have any vote .

In all , 44 delegates from states football federation and other bodies including coaches , referees associations and players unions , participated in the election which took place in Katsina State.

The chairman of the Electoral committee for the election , Muhammed Katu announced the results.

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FIFA representatives, Luca Piazza and Solomon Mudege were among football chiefs who witnessed the election .

Elections into the offices of first Vice President , Chairman of Chairmen and other members of the NFF board were still in progress as of the time of filing this report .

See NFF tweet:

.@PinnickAmaju re-elected NFF President. He scored a total of 34 votes, Maigari 8 votes, Ogunjobi 2 votes, and Okoye 0 votes. #NFFElections #NFFElections2018 pic.twitter.com/8mUwc7nO77

— The NFF 🇳🇬 (@thenff) September 20, 2018