Amaju Pinnick, former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has failed in his bid for re-election into the FIFA Council.
The FIFA Council is the governing body responsible for making key decisions in the intervals between FIFA Congress meetings. It consists of 37 members elected for renewable four-year terms.
Pinnick didn’t secure enough votes to retain his seat among the six electable African representatives on the council.
At the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly held on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt, Pinnick garnered 28 votes—just one vote short of Mauritania’s Ahmed Yahya and Djibouti’s Souleiman Waberi, who secured the final two available slots.
The six elected African members for the FIFA Council are: Faouzi Lekjaa (Morocco) Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania) Kanizat Ibrahim (Comoros) Souleiman Waberi (Djibouti) Hamidou Djibrilla (Niger) Hani Abo Rida (Egypt).