The former Flying Eagles captain who led Nigeria to a silver medal finish at the U-20 World Cup in 2005, died due to a heart attack in October in the United States.
Promise until his death, played for US football club side Austin Bold and was buried in a low-key ceremony with none of his teammates or top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) reportedly present.
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“We sent out the programme in December, but there was no representative from the football community,” a family member said. “Imagine a former captain of Nigeria and there was no NFF representatives among the audience and not even a former teammate.”
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