Former Super Eagles coach and captain Christian Chukwu is dead.
Former teammate, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami disclosed this in a statement.
The statement read, My Chairman has passed on, I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and team mate, one of the greatest football players in Nigeria’s football history, former captain and coach of Nigeria’s national football team, 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. “
