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| Shuaibu Amodu |
The technical director of
the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), and former coach of the Super Eagles,
Shuaibu Amodu, has died, the NFF announced early Saturday.
Media
report continues:
Mr.
Amodu, a four-time coach of the national team, passed on on Friday night
shortly after complaining of chest pain, the NFF said in a post on its Twitter
handle. He was 58.
Mr.
Amodu was appointed technical director of the Eagles in April 2016.
His
death came as the nation is still reeling from the loss of Stephen Keshi, the
country’s football legend, who died three days ago, aged 54.
How Ex-Coach
Shuaibu Amodu Died — Family
Media reports that the
Edo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Kassim Afegbua, has
explained that ex-Super Eagles coach, Shaibu Amodu, died early Saturday morning
in his house at Delta Crescent in GRA of Benin City.
Mr.
Afegbua, a cousin of the late coach, spoke to journalists at the Stella
Obasanjo Hospital, where Mr. Amodu’s body was taken to before a final journey
to his home town, Okpella, in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State.
“We
were together yesterday. He came to my house in the morning and we were
discussing. He told me he would be travelling to Okpella this morning (Saturday.)
Later in the day, he was at the police station to see one of the family members
who was arrested,” Mr. Afegbua said.
“Later
in the night, he only complained of chest pain, and we called a doctor to check
his blood pressure and it was 140 over 100. He was advised to take his drugs
and also to stop participation in the Ramadan fasting.”
“He
later led the Tarawih (Muslim fasting prayer) for the family. And after the
prayer, he went to bed after eating.
“He
was discovered dead in his room at about 4am this morning when they went to
wake him up for the (Suhur) Morning Prayer,” Mr. Afegbua explained.
Double
tragedy
Meanwhile,
a former coach of the national female team, Godwin Izilien, has described Mr.
Amodu’s death as a double tragedy.
Mr.
Izilien, who spoke at Stella Obasanjo Hospital, said: “I was trying to reach
him several times yesterday but his line was not available. But I eventually
got him in the evening and he told me he was at a police station; that he went
to bail one of his family members.”
“I
eventually went to meet him at the police station where I told him I’ve brought
the driver he requested and he said we should meet by 10am this morning to
interview him. This is the meeting,” he said, crying again.
Mr.
Izilien described the death of Mr. Amodu, just four days after the death of
Stephen Keshi, as a double tragedy for Nigeria.
As at the time of filling
this report, Mr. Amodu was yet to be buried.
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