Pinnick's Election Cancelled

The Chairman of the NFF Electoral Appeals
Committee, Okey Ajunwa has nulliffied the election
that produced the Amaju Pinnick-led executive of the
Nigeria Football Federation, barely 24 hours after the
committee upheld the polls.
NFF President, Dr. Amaju Pinnick
The ruling contradicts the ruling of three other members
of the committee who upheld the polls yesterday.

Informing journalists of his decision in Abuja today,
Mr. Ajunwa said the other committee members who
“upheld the elections are not lawyers and didn’t fully
understand the law.
“None of them is a lawyer, I am the lawyer and I know
the law, I have gathered the results of the committee
and I will read them out in accordance to FIFA and
CAF rules,”
“The Elections of Amaju Pinnick is hereby nullified
and he is been banned from parading himself as the
President of the Nigeria Football Federation.”
He went on to justify his decision, saying, it was based
on the fact that the Electoral Committee for the election
was illegal and that no FIFA observer was on
ground to monitor the elections.

He also alleged that the election was marred by violence
and abuse.
He opined that one of the aspirants for the office was
wrongfully disqualified and also queried why the
elections were held in Dr. Amaju Pinnick’s home-
state, Delta. It will be recalled that the Super Eagles
of Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2015 African Cup of
Nations to be held in Equitorial Guinea in February
2015, and some observers have attributed their failure to
qualify, to the constant infighting in the NFF.