Lagos state Com-missioner for Sports,Barrister Waheed Enitan Oshodi yesterday in Ibadan emerged the winner of the zonal election (South West) into the board of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation.

Oshodi won by five votes to one to return to the board he served in the last four years as a co-opted member.
It was however a sad tale for the immediate past Commissioner for Sports in Lagos state,Ademola Adeniji-Adele whose bid to get into the board of the Boxing Federation of Nigeria was rejected by delegates from other South West zone who voted in favour relatively unknown Rotimi Rasheed, a former chief medical director of Ondo State Specialist hospital as the zonal representative on the board of the Boxing Federation.

In Athletics, Lagos State Athletics Association chairman, Professor Tunde Makanjuola defeated three other candidates to emerge the zonal representative on the board of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria.

Makanjuola,who emerged winner in his fifth attempt polled three votes ahead of Olumide George from Ondo state who polled two votes while Atlanta Olympics double medallist and reigning African record holder in the women’s 400m,chief Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo polled only one vote.

The fourth contestant, Samuel Fatunla, Nigeria’s only internationally recognised track and field statistician lost as it was alleged that even his own state (Ekiti) delegate did not vote for him.

There were palpable signs hours before voting started that Professor Makanjuola would emerge winner after the Lagos and Oyo state commissioners for sports were locked in a meeting to agree on a consensus candidate.
In the North West, North East and North central zones, the trio of Ibrahin Gusau,former track and field international, Fidelis Gadzama and former Kwara state accountant general, Tunde Abdulrahman were elected unopposed into the board of the AFN.