Just in: Amaju Pinnick’s FIFA dream vanishes, loses re-election bid

Ex-Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick has lost his re-election bid for the FIFA Council.

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He garnered 28 votes during the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo, narrowly missing out on a seat by just one vote.

Mauritania’s Yahia Ahmed and Djibouti’s Souleiman Waberi secured the final spots instead.

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Pinnick was first elected to the council in 2021 and was the third Nigerian to hold the position.

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