The Football Club Owners Association of Nigeria said it received the sad news of the reported death of the NFF technical director Mr Amodu Shuaibu with a rude shock and a heavy heart.
The Association in a statement on Saturday jointly signed by the Chairman Barr. Isaac Danladi and the Executive secretary Alloy Chukwuemeka said the shocking news of Amodu's death was devastating, as members of the Association were yet to recover from the recent death of former Super Eagles captain/coach late Stephen Keshi.The Association called on all football Stakeholders to immediately commence a special fasting and prayers for the football fraternity stressing that the death of the two former super Eagles coaches calls for a sober reflection within the sector. the statement said.
Club owners further advised football stakeholders to embrace routine exercise and medical check up, both for the active and non active sports personnels, as the rate of heart related problems were becoming rampant in the society today.
The Association sympathized with the NFF, the. Coaches Association, football stakeholders, friends and family members of the late coach and prayed God to grant his soul eternal rest and give those he left behind the fortitude to bear the loss, the statement concluded.
