Keshi begins final journey

Activities for the burial of the late coach ‎of the senior national team, the Super Eagles, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, began yesterday with a funeral mass held at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Airport Road, Benin City, Edo State yesterday.

The remains of the former Super Eagles’ captain arrived the church in a black Mercedes-Benz ambulance, accompanied by his children, family members and friends.

In his sermons, the officiating priest, Very Rev. Fr. Richard Ofere, said Keshi lived an exemplary live as a member of the parish, where he contributed selflessly to the development of football, adding that the late football icon was always willing to serve, even in the midst of scarce resources.

Ofere harped on the need to believe in the resurrection, noting that death was not the end of the life of a true Christian.

As part of yesterday’s activities, friends and colleagues of the late football icon played a novelty match in his honour at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin.

Among the late Keshi’s teammates on the pitch were Austin Eguavoen, Uche Okechukwu, Mutiu Adepoju, Victor Ikpeba and Peter Rufai.