Dr. Rafiu Oladipo, President-General, Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC), has suggested on Wednesday that a stadium in the country should be named after the late football legend and Super Eagles Coach , Stephen Keshi.
Oladipo stressed that naming a stadium after Keshi would be“befitting honour for the player who won the Nations Cup for Nigeria as a captain and as a coach”.
“Keshi achieved the same feat as Clement Westerhoff who won the Nations Cup for the first time for Nigeria as the Super Eagles Coach in 1994 in Tunisia. Keshi as the Super Eagles Captain in 1994 recorded another glorious feat for Nigeria, winning the Nations Cup for Nigeria as coach in South Africa in 2013,” he suggested.
Oladipo expressed belief that naming a stadium after Keshi would serve as a source of encouragement for other Nigerian coaches and football fans.
“Imagine, he just lost his wife, Kate last year December and suddenly, he too died without any sign of ailment. His untimely death is shocking. When I heard of his death, it baffled me because he showed no sign of any sickness. Nobody knows or heard that he was sick. We learnt of his death this morning, it’s a very big loss to Nigerian football, a very big loss to Nigerian sports and to Nigerians. Keshi, was a good player, a very a dependable captain of the Super Eagles and that standard he continued with as a coach of the Super Eagles,” he said.
