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Stephen Keshi to be buried today

By Michael Eli Dokosi
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Former Nigerian player and coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi shall be laid to rest today in his Illah, hometown.

The 54-year-old succumbed to death on June 8, in Benin City with claims his wife’s death a few years earlier devastated him so much he just followed her to the grave.

His burial follows funeral rights held in Edo and Delta States. Keshi won the Africa Cup of Nations as player and as coach captaining the Super Eagles for 11 glorious years.

He served as coach of Togo, Mali and Nigeria national teams lifting the Cup of Nations with Nigeria in 2013.

President Amaju Pinnick is expected to lead a delegation of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to attend the service.

 

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