Jay-Jay Okocha replaces Pinnick as Delta FA chairman

Former Super Eagles’ captain, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, has been elected the chairman of the Delta State Football Association.

At the elections conducted in Asaba on Friday and supervised by member of the Nigeria Football Federation 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.

He is presently the Head of the NFF Technical Study Group.

Okocha, who had served as vice chairman before the elevation, replaces Amaju Melvin Pinnick, who announced his intention to relinquish the post on the very day he was elected President of Nigeria Football Federation on September 30, 2014.