CAF Rejects Pinnick'sNomination For FIFA Seat

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju
Pinnick will not contest for a FIFA council seat
later this month after CAF did not endorse his
nomination.
The elections into the FIFA Council are slated for
on September 29 with seven possible candidates
have already been announced by CAF - Almamy
Kabele Camara (Guinea); Suketu Patel (Sychelles);

Kwesi Nyantakyi (Ghana); Ahmad (Madagascar);
Augustin Senghor (Senegal); Hamidou Djibrilla
(Niger) and Chabur Goc Alei (South Sudan).
The seven shortlisted candidates will undergo the
FIFA integrity test, before their names are finally
ratified for the ballot.
An AfricanFootball.com investigation had revealed
that Pinnick’s invitation of Infantino and 17 other
African football federation presidents in July was
only a cover-up to seek for support for his bid to
contest for one of the FIFA seats, and this much
has been confirmed by the man himself.
“As big as Nigeria, we don’t have a representative
in CAF or in FIFA, so if I am ambitious to go to
CAF or FIFA, yes because I am the president of
the NFF, not because I’m just a member,” Pinnick
told Lagos-based radio station, Lagos Talks FM
on Tuesday.
“I am praying about it and if God wills it, why not?
But the truth is Nigeria needs a presence globally
and this is exactly what we are doing.”
AfricanFootball.com had earlier reported Pinnick’s
interest in securing one of the two vacant African
seats at the FIFA Council (formerly executive
committee).