Ex-internationals in U.S. join hands to save Eagles in distress

Write Dangote, Adenuga, others
Touched by the high rate at which Nigeria’s retired footballers are dying due to lack of proper care, a body called Nigerian Ex-International Footballers Association (NEIFA) based in the United States of America has put a machinery in place to halt the ugly trend.

The country has lost some of its legends in the past few years, including former Flying Eagles goalkeeper, Raymond King, who died from a partial stroke. There was also former Youth international, Peter Ogaba, who passed on at the age of 42 after a brief illness in Abuja.

Super Eagles’ former goalie, Wilfred Agbonavbare passed on in Spain, just as the senior national team former coach, Paul Hamilton died after being bedridden for years at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.