Nigeria booked her place at the ongoing CAF Executive Committe election in Addis Ababa today, with Nigeria Football boss, Amaju Pinnick defeating the his Beninoise counterpart, Anjorin Moucharafou with 32 vote to 17.
Also Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign as head of the Confederation of African Football is now over after Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad beat him in a presidential election today.
Ahmad, 57-year-old, won the CAF presidency by 34 votes to 20 in the poll, bringing to a surprise end the 29-year tenure of the 70-year-old Hayatou, who is from Cameroon.
The result was greeted by cheers at the CAF congress as Ahmad was carried on the shoulders of jubilant supporters to the podium after the result was announced.
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