The one time captain and coach of the Nigerian National team, Super Eagles is dead. His brother (Emmanuel Ado) announced that he died in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8 due to cardiac arrest.
Stephen Keshi was 54 years old.
“With thanksgiving to God, the Ogbuenyi Fredrick Keshi family of Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, announces the death of Mr. Stephen Okechukwu Chinedu Keshi,” Mr. Ado said in a statement.
He further said: “Our son, brother, father, father-in-law, brother-in-law, has gone to be with his wife of 35 years (Nkem ), Mrs. Kate Keshi, who passed on on the 9th December 2015'.
(His wife died due to cancer)
“Since her death, Keshi has been in mourning. He came back to Nigeria to be with her. He had planned to fly back today Wednesday, before he suffered a cardiac arrest. He has found rest.”
Mr. Ado continued by saying the family remained grateful to God for the life spent by the Big Boss.
Mr Stephen Keshi, well known as Big Boss, is the only coach from Nigerian t win the Africa Cup of Nations.
After Mahmouda El-Gohary of Egypt he is the second person to win the Africa Cup of Nations as a player and as a coach.
He also became the second person in history to win the competition as a player and as a coach after Mahmoud El-Gohary of Egypt when he led the Super Eagles to win the tournament in 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He is survived by four children.
May his soul rest in
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