Four men are competing to become the next president of the problem-hit Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).
The polls, scheduled for Thursday in Katsina State in northern Nigeria, are expected to go ahead despite moves from some quarters to prevent them from taking place.
A faction claiming to run the National Association of Nigerian Footballers wants the elections halted and Nigeria’s Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has labeled the electoral gathering as ‘illegal’.
However football’s world governing body, Fifa, has given the election process its seal of approval by sending two observers, Luca Piazza and Solomon Mudege, while the president of the Burkina Faso Federation, Sita Sangare, is expected to oversee the event on behalf of the Confederation of African Football.
The four men hoping to take charge of one of the hottest seats in African sport are incumbent Amaju Pinnick, former president Aminu Maigari, Taiwo Ogunjobi and Chinedu Okoye. BBC
