A former Super Eagles captain and head coach Christian Chukwu is dead . He died at the age of 74.
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The football legend passed away in the early hours of Saturday, though the exact circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear.
His longtime teammate and friend, Olusegun Odegbami, confirmed the development to Channels Television.
Odegbami, who won the 1980 Africa Nation Cup with Chukwu, said: “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.
“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,” Odegbami said
