FIFA President Sepp Blatter adjusts his glasses as he addresses a news conference after a meeting of the FIFA executive committee in Zurich September 26, 2014. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann
MONGOMO, Equatorial Guinea, Jan 27 (Reuters) - African countries will vote overwhelmingly for Sepp Blatter in this year’s FIFA elections, senior officials told Reuters on Tuesday.
“Africa is solidly behind Blatter. You will find he is very popular on the continent,” said Kwesi Nyantakyi, the president of the Ghana Football Association and a Confederation of African Football executive committee member.
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