former Super Eagles coach and technical director, Amodu Shaibu died on Saturday
morning 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 several times, 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 broke a long time jinx of northern clubs’ inability to win any trophy when
he led BBC Lions to win the 1989 FA Cup.
The 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.
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