RIP...Keshi’s corpse deposited in Faith Mediplex mortuary...SEE HIM

What a loss!

Chairman, Edo State Football Association (EFA), Frank Ilaboya, has confirmed that the remains of former Super Eagle’s coach, Stephen Keshi, had been deposited in a mortuary in Benin.


The privately-owned mortuary, Faith Mediplex is located on the Benin Airport road in the Edo capital.
Ilaboya, quoted Keshi’s faimly member, Ricky Aburimen, as saying that the Eagle’s former coach only complained of a leg ailment while holidaying at his Airport road home in Benin, before he passed on.

He said that Keshi had died on the way to the hospital at about 3 am.
 Fresh facts have emerged over the demise of football legend, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi.
Fidelis Chidi blog reports that the one time coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria passed away at the age of 54 in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
Emma Ado, Keshi’s brother said the Big Boss, as Keshi is fondly called, has gone to meet his wife.

Ado said that Keshi was in Nigeria to attend to the grave side of his late wife, Kate Keshi.
It will be recalled that Kate (née Abureme) died of cancer in December 2015, and they were married for 33 years.
Ado said, “Keshi never recovered from the death of Kate; they were inseparable. He has gone to meet Kate.”
“Since the wife died Keshi has kept on mourning and has been in sorrow. All these time Keshi has been acting, giving the impression that he was fine and man enough to bear the sorrow but the truth actually is that he was down and in pain over the death of his wife.

“From companionship to cooking and other domestic matters nobody could be like his wife to him; they were irreplaceable. The man just went to join her”, he added.
Sunday Oliseh, Keshi’s successor and ‏former coach of the Super Eagles, who took over has described the news as horrible and sad.
Oliseh ‏on his twitter handle @SundayOOliseh said: “Horrible news & Sad day as Our legendary Captain & brother Stephen Keshi dies.May his blessed soul rest in peace.we lost an iconic Hero 2day. Another of Keshi’sfriend who spoke on condition of anonymity said “He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife.”

The Comedian tweeted this this morning.

Former Super Eagles captain and coach, Stephen Keshi died after a Cardiac arrest in the early hours of today Wednesday June 8th. Nigerian celebrities have been sharing tributes and mourning his death on Social Media. See more screenshots abeg

What a loss!

Super Eagles Players are reacting to the sudden death of one of Nigeria's most iconic sports personalities, former Super Eagles captain and their former coach, Stephen Keshi, who died today in Benin at the age of 54.