FIFA Presidency: Prince Ali Stops In Lagos To Win Nigeria's Vote

Contestant for the sit of FIFA President Prince Ali stopped over at the Lagos Airport to have a one on one talk with the president of the NFF. Ali is certainly one of the top shots for the hot FIFA sit. Pinnick should feel a level of shame for denying Segun Odegbami a chance to contest the FIFA presidential election after the NFF used delay tactics to sideline the former footballer.

One of the candidates for next year’s FIFA presidential election, Prince Ali Ibn Hussein, on Thursday made a stop –over in Lagos to see the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick.

Both men spent some time together at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport before Prince Ali, a Jordanian and an influential figure in world football since challenging the now –suspended Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency in May this year, flew to Paris.


Ali’s whistle –stop campaign will take him to most of the 209 member associations of FIFA, before the presidential elections scheduled for February 26 in Zurich.

Ali polled more than 70 votes during the battle with Blatter at the FIFA Congress in May this year. South Africa’s Tokyo Sexwale and former FIFA deputy secretary-general Jerome Champagne are also in the race.