Okocha replaces Pinnick as Delta FA boss

Former Super Eagles’ captain, Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha, has been elected chairman of the Delta State Football Association, replacing Amaju Pinnick who was on September 30, 2014 elected president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
At the elections conducted in Asaba on Friday, and supervised by member of the NFF Executive Committee, Alhaji Babagana Kalli, Okocha polled 26 out of the 27 votes cast.
One of only two Nigerian footballers to play at three FIFA World Cup finals, Jay-Jay Okocha’s club career took him through Germany, France, England and Turkey, and he is presently Head of the NFF Technical Study Group.
Okocha, who had served as vice chairman before the elevation, replaces Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, who announced his intention to relinquish the post on the day he was elected President of Nigeria Football Federation, September 30, 2014.