Dike emerges new Imo FA chairman

<p>Barrister Ifeanyi Dike has been elected as the ninth chairman of the Imo Football Association alongside eight others in an election conducted in Owerri, the Imo State capital.</p>, <p>Others elected were Sylvester Obasi (as Vice Chairman), Charles Nnadi, Kelechi Mejuobi, Casimir Mbachu, Jennifer Anusiem, Sunny Ndubuisi Ekeocha, Osita Nzenwa, and Angela Nkwo-Akpolu as members, while Godfrey Ndudi was returned as secretary.</p>, <p>In his acceptance speech, Dike thanked the delegates for their support and pledged to reposition the state in the round leather game.</p>, <p>Dike said he will consolidate the track record of the immediate past chairman, Mazi Amanze Uchegbulam, and ensure the Imo FA is taken to enviable heights.</p>, <p>The election was supervised by the chairman of the Abia State Football Association, Rev Obioma Onyeaghala, who represented the First Vice President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Chief Felix Anyasi.</p>, <p>The electoral committee chairman, Prof Ken Anugweje, represented by Lady Juliana Anyanwu, a retired Director at the Sports Council, and the other members conducted the elections.</p>, <p>Dike succeeded Mazi Amanze Uchegbulam, who served for 18 years and has since announced his retirement from football management.</p>, <p>Uchegbulam, a former first Vice President of the NFF, thanked the delegates for their support even as they unanimously named him an honorary chairman to provide encouragement and counsel when needed.</p>