CAF President Ahmad sacks deputy as purge continues

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.