Nigeria’s candidate, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has failed to retain his FIFA Council seat, losing by a single vote in the election held during the 14th CAF Extraordinary Congress in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday.

The former NFF president secured 28 votes, just one short of both Ahmed Yahya of Mauritania and Souleman Hassan Waberi of Djibouti, who each garnered 29 votes to earn seats on the esteemed panel.

Morocco’s Fouzi Lekjaa swept 49 votes, while Egypt’s Hany Abou Rida and Niger Republic’s Djibrilla Hima Hamidou secured 35 votes each.

Lekjaa, Rida, Hamidou, Yahya, and Waberi will join CAF president Patrice Motsepe—who was unopposed for a second term—as Africa’s representatives on the FIFA Council, alongside Kanizat Ibrahim from the Comoros Islands, who claimed the women’s seat with 30 votes. She defeated former FIFA Council and IOC member Lydia Nsekera, who polled 13 votes, and incumbent Isha Johansen, who managed just seven.

Andrew Kamanga (Zambia), Yacine Idriss Diallo (Côte d’Ivoire), and Augustin Senghor (Senegal) polled 19, 18, and 13 votes, respectively, while Benin Republic’s Mathurin De Chacus withdrew shortly before voting commenced.

In the CAF Executive Committee elections, Alfred Randriamanampisoa (Madagascar) pulled out before the vote, leaving Elvis Chetty (Seychelles), Sobha Mohamed Ally Samir (Mauritius), and Feizal Ismael Sidat (Mozambique) to contest for two COSAFA seats. Eventually, Sobha Samir and Feizal Sidat emerged victorious.

Unopposed in their respective regions for the CAF Executive Committee were Wallace Karia (CECAFA, Tanzania), Samuel Eto’o (UNIFFAC, Cameroon), Mustapha Ishola Raji (WAFU A, Liberia), Kurt Edwin-Simeon Okraku (WAFU B, Ghana), Sadhi Walid (UNAF), and Bestine Kazadi Ditabala (Female Seat, DR Congo).

FIFA Council Seats

• Patrice Motsepe (South Africa)
• Fouzi Lekjaa (Morocco)
• Hany Abou Rida (Egypt)
• Djibrilla ‘Pele’ Hima Hamidou (Niger Republic)
• Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania)
• Souleman Hassan Waberi (Djibouti)

Female Seat

• Kanizat Ibrahim (Comoros)

CAF Executive Committee Seats

• Samuel Eto’o (UNIFFAC)
• Wallace Karia (CECAFA)
• Sadhi Walid (UNAF)
• Mustapha Ishola Raji (WAFU A)
• Kurt Edwin-Simeon Okraku (WAFU B)
• Sobha Mohamed Ally Samir & Feizal Ismael Sidat (COSAFA)

Female Seat

• Bestine Kazadi Ditabala (DR Congo)