Former FIFA executive committee member, Amos Adamu, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), to support incumbent, Issa Hayatou, in this month’s CAF presidential elections.
Adamu described Hayatou who has been in the seat since 1988 as “God-sent.”
“Issa Hayatou has done a lot of good to Nigerian football, trust me,” Adamu told Completesportsnigeria.com on Monday.
“When our football was in crisis and FIFA threatened to ban us, who did we run to for help, Hayatou.
“He has stood by us in difficult moments, so now that he needs our little vote, is it fair that we deny him that support? The Nigeria Football Federation should back Hayatou. He is the ‘devil’ we know. It is better for us to support the ‘devil’ we know than the ‘angel’ we don’t know. Hayatou is God sent to Nigeria’s football.
“I don’t know who Ahmad Ahmad is. All I know about him is that he is said to be from Madagascar. We should not let our sentiments becloud our sense of judgement. If they put Hayatou and Ahmad side-by-side, surely I cannot go for Ahmad.”
NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, has publicly endorsed Ahmad Ahmad.
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