By Tolu Atobatele
Engr Ibrahim Shehu Gusau got re-elected as President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) at the 2021 Elective Congress held earlier on today Monday June 14 in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.
Gusau polled 20 votes to defeat his opponent Uche Muoma who got just two votes from the 22 delegates present at the venue as he emerged the favoured candidate to lead the federation for the next four years.
The 1st Vice President representing the North West Zone Sunday Omotayo Adeleye polled 15 votes, to emerge winner ahead of Solomon Abari Patrick Estate who got 4 and 3 votes respectively.
For the 2nd Vice President position, Nneka Ikem Anibeze polled 13 point to beat Esther Hindi Mallim who came close with 8 votes while Janet Wilson managed one vote.
Patrick Estate (South East), Dr Paul I Wakama (South South), Solomon Abari (North East) and Vitalis Lashimi North Central all emerged and came through their zones as representatives.
Other members of the board include Olu Sule a representative of the Technical Officials and Coaches alongside Moses Suleiman who represents the athletes.
In his acceptance speech, Engr Gusau thanked the delegates for their support in making his first term a success while counting on their continued support for the next 4 years.
“This is really humbling. I will like to thank all the delegates for finding time to come to Kebbi in the face of intimidation.
“We call on everybody to join hands with us to build athletics because the 14 of us cannot do it alone.
He revealed that, “Very soon, we will be constituting Commissions to oversee the daily affairs of the federation while we have time to face other serious matters.”
He thanked the World Athletics and the Confederation of African Athletics for their continued support as he hopes for stronger ties with the two bodies.
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