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Nigeria’s Suleiman Isah elected Vice President of Confederation of Africa Amputee Football

Confederation of African Amputee Football has elected Angolan Lionel de Rocha Pinto as it’s President for the next four years.
He was elected along with four other executive members among them is Nigeria’s Suleiman Isah who was elected 2nd Vice President of the continental body.
Others elected on the CAAF board include Mustapha Usman of Cameroon, 1st Vice President; Peter Oloo of Kenya, Secretary General; and Khalid Eladi of Egypt as treasurer.
Three officials were physically present during the election while the other two were elected via zoom since their positions were unopposed.
The election which took place during the General Assembly held at the new headquarters of CAAF in Luanda saw Leonel Pinto polling nine votes to defeat Peter Sarungi of Tanzania while Suleiman Isah also polled nine votes to beat Moh’d Elmadi of Morocco who got two votes.
Kenyan Peter Oloo defeated Mawuli Viwotor of Ghana by eight votes to two.
The 14 countries which participate in the General Assembly and election also approved new logo for the African body to be based on the African flag with athletes in the middle playing the ball.
The General Assembly was organized by an electoral commission which was put in place in Tanzania to organise election within 90 days and was headed by Lawrence kitimbo of Uganda as well as two observers from the African Union, Dominique Bizimana and Nicole Isimba, both from Rwanda.

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