Businessman Idriss Diallo has been elected as head of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF), on Saturday in an election held in the capital Yamoussoukro where former star striker Didier Drogba was eliminated in the first round.
The president of the session, Mariam Dao Gabala declared Idriss Diallo, a senior FIF official in the 2000s, elected president of FIF for the next four years after he received 63 votes against 61 for his rival in the second round, Sory Diabaté, another executive of the institution.
Meanwhile, Didier Drogber was eliminated at the first round of the election and has widely being criticized in recent weeks for not being conversant with local soccer and for having made a minimal campaign, without sufficiently campaigning on the ground.
