Onigbinde, ex-Super Eagles coach, dies at 88

Ebun Emmanuel — March 9, 2016

The first indigenous Super Eagles coach Adegboye Onigbinde is dead.

He died on Monday at the age of 88.

The coach’s family announced his passing on Monday in a WhatsApp broadcast message signed by a member of the family Bolade Adesuyi.

The message read, “With great gratitude to God for a life well spent, we announce the passing of this great man, a Modakeke High Chief, the first indigenous Nigerian Super Eagles football coach, father, husband, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend, High Chief Festus Adegboye Onigbinde, who passed unto the great beyond a couple of minutes ago.”