Following the news of Shuaibu Amodu’s death on Saturday the Head coach of the Golden Eaglets, Manu Garba, has put on hold the ongoing screening of players for the U-17.
It was was reported that Amodu died in his sleep, after complaining of chest pains on Friday. It happened just three days after another former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, died in Benin City from a reported cardiac arrest.
Garba was the captain of El-Kanemi Warriors under Amodu, when they won the FA Cup and has remained close to the late Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
“This is a great loss to me,” Garba told thenff.com.
“I spoke with Amodu just two days ago and we discussed our screening, and I feel so sad that he has gone few days after we lost Stephen Keshi. Amodu was my coach at El-Kanemi Warriors when I captained El-Kanemi to win the FA Cup and we have remained ever so close ever since.
“He was a man with a reservoir of knowledge and we all enjoyed his presentation during the CAF License A Coaching Course here in Abuja and I can’t just believe Amodu is dead. I’m too sad over this loss and in his honour, we have to call off our training session today (Saturday) and God willing, we shall continue on Monday.”
