Weeks before Nigeria’s football chief exited as vice president of the Confederation of Africa Football(CAF), a corruption probe letter had caused animosity between both parties.
Amaju Pinnick and the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) were pivotal in the change of guard witnessed in the leadership of CAF in March 2017
Upstaging the then emperor of African football, Issa Hayatou, was never going to be a child’s play; with the Cameroonian enjoying a 29-year spell largely unchallenged at the top.
Getting Mr Hayatou off the way required nerve and tenacity and that was what the NFF through its president, Mr Pinnick, helped galvanize, which led to the landmark victory that installed the new order in CAF.
With the emergence of Ahmad Ahmad as the new CAF President, it was only normal to reward his allies with key positions to help in effecting the changes professed during the polls.Mr Pinnick was thus appointed the 1st Vice President of CAF.