– Nigerian senate held a plenary in which they honoured Stephen Keshi and Shuaibu Amodu
– The senate resolved to send delegates to the families of the former Super Eagles coaches
The Nigerian Senate has honoured former Super Eagles coaches Shuaibu Amodu and Stephen Keshi who died last week.
In the senate plenary held today, Tuesday, June 14, the senators held a minute of silence for the former coaches.
Amodu, the technical director of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), and four time former coach of the Super Eagles was announced in the early hours of Saturday June 11, 2016.
He died on Friday night shortly after complaining of chest pain, the NFF said in a post on its Twitter handle.
According to report, he died in an undisclosed hospital whilst his body was deposited at the famous Stella Obasanjo mortuary.
Keshi, meanwhile died in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8, in Benin City, Edo state.
According to Keshi’s family member, Ricky Aburimen, the Super Eagle’s former coach complained of a leg ailment while holidaying at his Airport road home in Benin.
He said that Keshi was rushed to Faith hospital in the Benin Government Reservation Area, where he died at about 3am.
After the eulogies for the two coaches, it resolved that the senate would send a delegate to condole with the family of Keshi and the govt & people of Delta State.
It was decided that the Senate will send a delegation to condole with the family of late Amodu and the government & people of Edo State.
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