Former Super Eagles
coach and technical director, Amodu Shuaibu has died on Saturday morning in
Benin City, just three days after another ex-national team coach Stephen Keshi
died in the same town.
“The Edo State
Commissioner for Information, Kazeem Afegbua, called me this morning to inform
me of Amodu’s death.
His corpse has been
deposited at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital morgue in Benin City,” Edo FA
chairman, Frank Ilaboya, said.
Amodu coached the
Eagles severally, qualifying the national team twice for the World Cup in 2002
and 2010 but was not allowed to manage the national team at both World Cups.
The coach also led
BCC Lions to win the 1989 FA Cup, breaking a long time jinx of northern clubs’
inability to win the trophy.
Following year, he
led the club to win the Africa Cup Winners. He was the Technical Director of
the Nigeria Football Federation before his death.
No statement has
been made on the cause of his death but close sources say he didn’t wake up
from his sleep.
“When Keshi was
admitted, he (Amodu) called me to enquire about his state. He didn’t sound like
someone sick,” Ilaboya added.
Details soon.
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