Ibrahim Musa Gusau has been elected as the 40th President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

Gusau was elected as the new NFF President at the NFF’s Annual General Assembly in Benin, the Edo State capital on Friday.

Gusau polled a total of 39 votes to beat other contestants in the race which went into a run-off.

In the first ballot, Gusau scored 21 votes but could not be declared winner as he did not have 50 per cent of the total votes cast, which would have amounted to 22 votes.

In this ballot, former NFF Vice President, Senior Akinwunmi, had 12 votes, while ex-goalkeeper, Peterside Idah, polled one vote.

Also, Abba Yola, the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, scored one vote, while former NFF Vice President, Shehu Dikko, had six votes.

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Other contestants, Chris Emeruwa, Amanze Uchegbulam who had a few days ago indicated their withdrawal, and David Doherty did not score any vote.

In the second ballot, after a number of withdrawals, Gusau scored 39 votes to emerge the winner while Peterside scored one vote.

Earlier at the Congress, former NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, in his farewell speech, commended members of his Executive Committee for their “innovative ideas and the support” given to him during his tenure.

“I cannot thank God enough for His wonderful grace throughout these eight years of my administration as President of NFF.

‘In fact, I must say that it has been good, bad, and ugly. But in all, we thank God for everything.

“Everything you see today would not have been possible without the input of my executive committee members.

“They are the engine room of whatever successes we must have recorded in the past eight years.

“I also want to thank all Nigerian football stakeholders who stood beside us during this administration,” he said.

The Star