Former national team coach and captain, Stephen
Okechukwu Keshi who died a sudden death but the
former Hawks of Togo handler ensured he left specific
instructions as to where he should be buried and how.
According his manager and close confidant Emma Ado,
Keshi instructed he should be buried in Ilah, his home
town. That aside, the Africa Cup of Nations winner as
player and coach also want the remains of his wife, who
was buried in Benin taken to Ilah and be reburied by his
grave.
Ado who spoke on Channels
TV programme Wednesday
morning, lamented the
sudden death of the former
national team coach, saying,
“he never recovered from the
death of his wife but he never
prepared us for this. He’s
gone to be with his wife he
called Nkem.”
Continuing, Ado said, “Keshi
lived a good life. All the children are in the US and our
brothers out there have travelled to go and be with them.”
He disclosed Keshi’s last wish: “He asked to be buried in
Ilah and the body of his wife which was buried in Benin be
taken Ilah and buried beside him. That was his decision.”
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