The final journey home for Stephen Keshi, former coach of
the Super Eagles who died on June 8, has begun.
First for “the Big Boss”, as he was fondly called, was a
church service at St Paul Catholic Church, Benin City, which began at 9am.
After that, he was moved to the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium,
where a novelty match was played in his honour, followed by the lying in state
for his numerous admirers to pay their last respect.
The two-day event continued with movement of the body to
Asaba, the Delta state capital, where his body is currently lying in state at
the stadium named after him by Emmanuel Uduaghan, former governor of the state.
From Asaba, the body will leave for Illah, his homestead, to
be received by the Obi Gbemudu, the Obi of Illah, along with his high chiefs.
Keshi himself was a high chief of the Illah kingdom
After that the body moves to St’ John, The Evangelist
Catholic Church for a requiem mass; and then to his home in Illah, where the
body will again lie in state for an hour before internment at the same venue.
From the first-day events, below are photos:
-Cablenews
May his soul rest in peace! He is a great lost to Nigeria. I don't think Nigeria will ever have any coach as good as KESHI. We love you but God loves you the most. Good bye!!
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ReplyDelete@Naijacoded, who tell you say Naija will not have good coach again. What about the current one now, is he not doing well? Life is always like that, one goes, another one comes. Though, we miss him, May God grand him eternal rest in his Bossom.