08 June 2016

Breaking news : Stephen Keshi dies at the age of 54


According to reports, Stephen Keshi, the first Nigerian Coach to win the Africa Cup of Nations, died suddenly in the early hours of today in Benin City, Nigeria.

He was rushed to Faith Medical Center, Benin around 12 midnight, after he complained of pains which got worse. He was said to have died seated on the front passenger’s seat of the car used to rush him to the hospital

Stephen Keshi was scheduled to return to the United States on Wednesday evening before he suffered  this cardiac arrest. Mr. Keshi lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, to cancer last year. She was buried January this year


One of his friends 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.

He is survived by four children and his mother.

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