CAF Elections: Anjorin fires Pinnick, calls him ‘small boy’ in African football

The President of Benin Republic FA, Moucharafou Anjorin, has launched an attack on his Nigerian counterpart and opponent in the forth-coming CAF Executive Committee elections, Amaju Pinnick, describing him as a ‘small boy’ with no experience.

Anjorin, who said this in a radio interview on Friday morning, claims he is more qualified than Pinnick to represent West Africa in the CAF’s highest decision making body, seeing that Pinnick is only in his second year as the NFF boss.

“Pinnick is a newcomer, he has only two years of his mandate (as NFF president),” Anjorin said in the interview.

“It’s an election, and Pinnick is my small boy in African football.

“Life is a school and we need to learn and respect ourselves.”

Anjorin added that Pinnick cannot use the influence of Nigeria over West Africa to get on the CAF executive committee on March 16, and calls for the support of Nigerians claiming he has also supported the country until now.

“It’s a lie for Nigeria to dominate the region and the other countries to only support them,” he said.

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“You cannot use the big name of Nigeria (to bully the other countries)

“They have been on the committee for 12, 14 years. This is not their birth right.

“Nigeria should support me because I have supported the country.

“(Also), I’m a Yoruba man from Abeokuta, my older brother holds Nigerian nationality, and Benin and Nigeria are the same,” he added.

Incumbent Anjorin is currently serving as a member of the CAF Executive Committee from West Africa after he defeated Nigeria’s Aminu Maigari four years ago in Morocco. And Nigeria’s Amaju Pinnick now stands on his way to continue in the position.

Former NFF presidents Ibrahim Galadima and Aminu Maigari have in recent times failed to be elected, as Amos Adamu was the last Nigerian to seat on the committee by November 2010, before he was slammed a three-year ban by FIFA for allegedly breaching bribery rules.

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