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CAF President Ahmad sacks deputy as purge continues

By Reuters | Jul. 19, 2019

**Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad fired his deputy Amaju Pinnick [Courtesy]**

Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad fired his deputy Amaju Pinnick on Thursday just as global governing body FIFA was releasing details of a road map to put the crisis-hit organisation back on its feet.

Ahmad, who is being investigated by FIFA’s ethics committee for alleged corruption, sacked Pinnick, the president of the Nigerian Football Federation, at a hastily-assembled meeting of the CAF executive committee.

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