Coach Amodu Shuaibu is dead

Saturday, June 11, 2016 7:56 am

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Amodu Shuaibu, a former coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles and at present the technical director of the Nigerian Football Federation, is dead.

The NFF broke the news of his death this morning on its twitter handle. Shuaibu was just 58.

NFF Technical Director, Amodu Shuaibu has died at the age of 58.

— The NFF (@thenff) June 11, 2016

The NFF said Amodu complained of chest pain on Friday night and died in his sleep.

Amodu’s death represents another great blow for Nigerian football, coming just few days after the death of Coach Stephen Keshi.

The Edo-State born Amodu coached the Eagles a record four times.

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