All the talk of a Nigerian Presidency of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) yesterday ended like hot air blown into a balloon, with the deadline for submission of nomination expired last night, with neither Segun Odegbami nor Orji Uzor Kalu submitting their forms, as at press time. The two Nigerian gladiators, the former, a 1980 Nations Cup winner and the latter, a two-time Governor of Abia State, had in the last couple of months been involved a two-way battle to get the nod of the Amaju Pinnick-led Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation to run for the biggest office in world football. Odegbami and Kalu Since it became clear that Sepp Blatter’s successor would emerge at an extraordinary congress next February 26, the race for the plum job has assumed an intense and frenetic pace, with many self-professed football buffs entering the fray, with little or no understanding of the dynamics involved to aspire for the position. ...
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