NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, removed as CAF vice president

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnck has been removed as Confederation of African Football (CAF) 1st vice president. According to sports journalist, Osasu Obayiuwana, who is currently in the North African nation, the decision to remove Pinnick was arrived at the ongoing CAF’s exco committee meeting. Interestingly, Pinnick replaced Kwesi Nyantakyi, who resigned from the post last year amid corruption row that hit the Ghana Football Association.

Initially, the post was left vacant after the resignation of Nyantakyi following bribery allegations, but CAF through the secretary general Amr Fahmy named Pinnick as 1st vice president barring endorsement at the CAF Executive Committee meeting last September.

“Following the resignation of the first vice-president Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi and the prevailing situation in the Football Federation of Nigeria. "The Caf president, after consulting the members of the Emergency Committee, appointed Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick as first vice president.

"This decision is immediately applicable, in accordance with article 27 para. 2 of the statutes which will be ratified by the Executive Committee in its session scheduled on the 27 and 28 of September 2018,” CAF scribe summed up.
Pinnick has now been replaced with Constant Omari Selemani, a Congolese football administrator, and a member of the FIFA Council.
Earlier, our source reported that Amaju Pinnick who is the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has made it clear that there is no plan to sack Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr after the AFCON 2019. Since the day Super Eagles were beaten 2-1 by Algeria in the semifinal of AFCON 2019, there have been reports that Gernot Rohr would be sacked after the championship. Some radio and television media houses in Nigeria even reported that the NFF are planning to sack Gernot Rohr after the third place match against Tunisia on Wednesday, July 17.