Federation, Amodu Shuaibu has sadly passed on at the age of 58.
According to the NFF, Amodu died in his sleep having complained of chest
pains on Friday night.
The four-time Super Eagles handler won the Federation Cup titles with Gboko’s
BBC Lions and El Kanemi Warriors before a short spell with South Africa's
Orlando Pirates.
Following the sack of Dutchman Bonfrere Jo in the middle of the country's 2002
World Cup qualifying campaign, Amodu was called upon and he qualified Nigeria for the competition staged in South Korea and Japan but was shown the exit
door after leading the Super Eagles to a third place finish at the 2002 Africa Cup
of Nations in Mali.
On April 10, 2008, he was name head coach of the country’s senior national
team alongside Daniel Amokachi, Alloy Agu and Fatai Amoo with the task of
qualifying the country for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. Again, he
was fired as after the Super Eagles settled for bronze at the 2010 Afcon
Amodu died in Benin three days after the death of former Super Eagles Captain
and Coach, Stephen Keshi, who also died in Benin.
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