Breaking News! Former Super Eagles Coach Amodu Shaibu dies at 58, days after the death of Stephen Keshi

The NFF has announced the death of its technical director, Amodu Shaiubu.

    A former coach of the Super Eagles, Shaibu was aged 58.

    NFF Technical Director, Amodu Shuaibu has died at the age of 58.
— The NFF (@thenff) announced on Twitter, June 11, 2016

Amodu died in Benin three days after the death of Stephen Keshi who also died in Benin. 

Reports have it that Shaibu Amodu complained of chest pains on Friday night and died in his sleep.

The late Amodu has always contributed his quota to the development of football in Nigeria.

Under his stewardship, Nigeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa but Amodu was sacked despite the team’s third-place finish at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

It was the second time he had been removed from his post ahead of a World Cup finals tournament – Amodu was also fired ahead of the 2002 edition after Nigeria finished third at the 2002 Nations Cup in Mali.

More details later.