Nigeria’s iconic former footballer and former national team captain, Segun Odegbami, has lamented over the death of Christian Chukwu, his captain and friend, while playing for the then national football team, the Green Eagles.
Christian Chukwu died Saturday morning.
Odegbami entitled his post “My Chairman has passed on.”
He wrote on his Facebook wall: “I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and teammate, one of the greatest football players, and former captain and coach of Nigeria’s national football team, has passed on.
“Babuje, Emmanuel Okala, MON, gave me the sad news a few minutes ago!
“May ‘Onyim’ find peace with Our Creator in Heaven, and console his family. “
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