Former Super Eagles captain and head coach, Christian Chukwu has passed away at the age of 74.
Chukwu’s former international teammate, Segun Odegbami announced the sad development on Saturday.
“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 in Nigeria’s history, has passed on,” Odegbami declared.
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“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.”
The former centre-back was captain when the Super Eagles won their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations title on home soil in 1994.
He coached the Super Eagles between 2003 and 2005.
