Here's how Twitter reacted to Issa Hayatou’s defeat against Ahmad Ahmad

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March 16, 2017 12:32 PM

Here's how Twitter reacted to Ahmad Ahmad winning the CAF presidential election to end Issa Hayatou's 29 years reign.

The leadership of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has changed hands for the first time in 29 years, after unknown Madagascan Ahmad Ahmad defeated Issa Hayatou to emerge president.

CAF’s General Assembly congress was held in Addis Ababa on Thursday for the various member associations to elect new leaders to run the federation.

Newly elected CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad bested the votes of Hayatou by surprisingly pulling 34 votes to the Cameroonians 20.

Hayatou was elected president of CAF in 1988, and has since been retained for seven successive terms.

However, the outcome of this year’s CAF elections mean the Cameroonian’s reign has finally come to an end and social media users wasted no time in sticking it in.

Whiles some rejoiced over his departure, others criticized him for staying for “too long”.

Pulse.com.gh brings you a compilation of some of the best tweets:

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