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Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnck has been removed as Confederation of African Football (CAF) 1st vice president. According to Twitter user, Osasu Obayiuwana, who is currently in the North African nation, the decision to sack Pinnick was arrived at the ongoing CAF’s exco committee meeting, with more details expected at the end of Thursday’s congress. 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.