The news of the death of Nigeria Football Federation’s Technical Director and Ex-Super Eagles Coach, Shaibu Amodu, three days after that of another ex-national team coach, Stephen Keshi, has shocked Nigerians and football fans on the continent and beyond.
Following news of Amodu’s demise on Saturday, football lovers, his associates, former players and Nigerians in general have taken to the social media to express their shock and pay tribute to the man who has coached the national more times than any other coach in history.
Among those who took to Twitter were former Nigerian International and ex-Super Eagles Coach, Sunday Oliseh; Senator Shehu Sani; human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo; and broadcaster, Funmi Iyanda.
Here are some of the tweets:
Follow Sunday Oliseh ?@SundayOOliseh Waking up to another devastating horrible news: Amodu Shuaibu,former coach of Nigeria is proclaimed dead! 1st Keshi & now this.God help us! 7:39 AM - 11 Jun 2016 635 635 Retweets 65 65 likes
Follow Senator Shehu Sani @shehusani Amodu Shuaibu;We again lost one of football's greats;a colossus he was.We will forever remember him as one of the... http://fb.me/3t1w2ZJvb 7:43 AM - 11 Jun 2016 23 23 Retweets 6 6 likes
Follow Festus Keyamo @fkeyamo What's happening? Amodu Shuaibu, my good friend, called me a week ago that he would be in Abuja next week to see me! So sad! What is this?!! 7:41 AM - 11 Jun 2016 125 125 Retweets 16 16 likes