Bilty, first elected President in March 2010, had his time in office extended following an Elective Congress in Buchanan, the third largest city in the West African country.

He was re-elected unopposed at the Congress which saw 51 of the 54 representative bodies in attendance.

The Congress also saw Musa H. Shannon re-elected first vice-president alongside Cassell A. Kuoh as second vice-president and Ciata Bishop as the female representative on the Executive Committee.

Other elected members of the Executive Committee are Ansu Dulleh, Wallace G. Weiah, Samuel Y. Karn, Sheba Brown, Rochell G.D. Woodson, John Allan Klayee, Matthew P. Smith, Dee-Maxwell Kemeyah and Urias Glaybo.

Bilty is best known for his appeal against a controversial new law adopted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) which banned anyone from outside its inner sanctum from challenging Issa Hayatou of Cameroon for the Presidency.

It meant the likes of Jacques Anouma, one of Africa's representatives on the Executive Committee of world governing body FIFA, and South Africa's 2010 World Cup chief Danny Jordan were ineligible to run for the continent's top football job.

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