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Ogba, Dikko, Inyama, Peters, Siasia mourn Amodu

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June 14, 2016

Ogba, Dikko, Inyama, Peters, Siasia mourn Amodu

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth and Sports, Senator Obinna Ogba, on Monday visited the Nigeria Football Federation to commiserate with the football body on the deaths of Coaches Stephen Keshi and Shuaibu Amodu.

Keshi, only the second man to win the Africa Cup of Nations as a player and as a coach, died in Benin City in the early hours of Wednesday. Amodu, four –time Coach of the Super Eagles, died in the same city in the early hours of Saturday.

Ogba said: “Amodu’s death was a big shock to me, just as Keshi’s. Both men were institutions based on what they achieved with the Super Eagles.”

Also, NFF’s 2nd Vice President and LMC chairman, Mr. Shehu Dikko, wrote: “It is tragic. Words are inadequate to express the grief and sense of loss that the NFF feels right now.”

Former member of the NFF Executive Committee and chairman of NPFL club Abia Warriors, High Chief Emeka Inyama lamented the death of both great figures within days of each other.

Head Coach of the Nigeria U-23 team, Samson Siasia was a sober figure at the Glass House. “This is heartbreaking for me. I can’t say much now.”

Similarly, the Nigeria Television Authority also commiserated with the NFF on the death of Keshi. Alhaji Yakubu Ibn Mohammed, the new Director General, wrote: “He will be fondly remembered for his great contributions to the beautiful game in Nigeria which culminated in his being African champion twice, as a player and a Coach.”

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