Breaking: Nigeria FA President Amaju Pinnick wins CAF Executive seat

Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick, has won a seat into the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Pinnick defeated incumbent Moucharafou Anjorin of Benin Republic by 32 to 17 votes at the CAF elective congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Nigeria is making a return to the highest body in CAF since the exit of Amos Adamu.

Earlier in the day, Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar defeated long-serving incumbent Issa Hayatou by 34 to 20 votes, to become the first CAF president since 1988.

Ajorin Moucharafou had earlier vowed not to lose to the former Delta state FA boss in the election, but things turned against him as he was beaten hands down.

Pinnick (Western Africa Zone B) joins Danny Jordaan (South Africa and Southern African zone), Musa Bility (Liberia and Western Africa Zone A), Suleiman Waberi (Djibouti and Central/East African Zone) and Faozi Lekjaa (Morocco and Northern African Zone) as members who have been elected into the CAF Executive Committee from 2017 to 2021.