Nigeria: Odegbami Joins FIFA Presidency Race

2 September 2015

One of Nigeria's greatest footballer of all time, Segun 'Mathematical' Odegbami, has joined the race to succeed Sepp Blatter, as FIFA president at the election scheduled to take place on February 26, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Blatter stepped down as FIFA President last June following a spate of scandals that led to the arrest of several key stakeholders in the world governing body of the game.

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