Former Green Eagles defender Okey Isima is dead.
The
former Enugu Rangers player, who was a member of the team that won the
1980 Africa Cup of Nations in Lagos and also played at the 1980 Olympics
in Moscow, died in Abuja on Monday after a brief illness.
A
former teammate of the deceased, Christian Chukwu, told our
correspondent that he received the news of his death on Monday morning
from some of his friends.
“It was
shocking. I never knew he was ill. The last time we spoke, he sounded
healthy and there was no reason to suspect he was sick. This is a great
loss to Nigerian football,” Chukwu, the captain of the 1980 team, said.
Isima
played in the United States in the twilight of his career before
returning to football management in Nigeria few years ago.
May his soul rest in peace, Amen!
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