Amaju Pinnick. |
Amaju
Pinnick has been dismissed from his role as a vice-president of the
Confederation of African Football (CAF) and replaced by South Africa’s Danny
Jordaan.
Pinnick
had served as the first vice-president of Caf since July 2018.
No
reason was given for his removal by CAF President, Ahmad, who signed an
agreement with Fifa President Gianni Infantino on Thursday to confirm the
appointment of Fifa Secretary General Fatma Samoura as a ‘General Delegate for
Africa’.
Pinnick’s
exit means a reshuffling of Ahmad’s vice-presidents, with Constant Omari of DR
Congo and Moroccan Faouzi Lekjaa moving up from second and third vice-president
respectively.
Jordaan,
who played a key role at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa – the only time the
tournament has ever been played on the continent – will now act as third
vice-president.
Lekjaa,
meanwhile, is facing a possible ban by Caf after the Ethiopian Football
Federation accused the Moroccan federation president of assaulting the referee
following the African Champions League final between Wydad Casablanca and
Tunisia’s Esperance.
After
Caf’s Disciplinary Committee was unable to reach a verdict earlier this month,
the case was sent back to African football’s ruling body.
Samoura,
meanwhile, will start her role on 1 August, renewable after six months should
both Caf and Fifa agree, in the hope of overseeing widespread administration
reform in Africa.
Caf
has been plagued by a series of scandals in recent times.
“We
all suffer when we see what is going on here,” Infantino told the presidents of
Africa’s member associations as they gathered for a General Assembly in Egypt
on Thursday.
The
Fifa president also addressed comments made to BBC Sport by Sepp Blatter, who
said the Samoura move flouted the statutes of football’s world governing body
while also representing a ‘new aspect of colonialism.’
“What
does it mean, colonialisation?” the 49-year-old asked. “I don’t know. It’s not
part of my vocabulary. But I do know what it means to team up.”
The
Egyptian capital Cairo will host the Africa Cup of Nations final on Friday when
Senegal go in search of a first title against 1990 champions Algeria.
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