Former Super Eagles skipper ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu is dead.
Chuckwu who captained the African Cup of Nation’s winning squad of 1980 reportedly passed on early this morning at about 10am.
According to his team mate and friend, Segun Odegbami who broke the news of the late football legend’s demisw, “I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and team mate, one of the greatest football players in Nigeria’s football history, former captain and coach of Nigeria’s national football team, has passed on.
In a Whatsapp message, Odegbami said “Babuje, Emmanuel Okala, MON, gave me the sad news a few minutes ago!
May ‘Onyim’ find peace with Our Creator in Heaven, and console his family.
