How Stephen Keshi Dies In Edo Private Hospital

Nigerian football icon Stephen Okechukwu Keshi died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday in Benin City, Edo state. Security Monitor scoops that the former Nigeria International died of cardiac arrest at Faith Hospital located in the heart of Benin.  Fondly called “The Big Boss, the famous footballer and coach had lost his wife of 33 years old, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer.

SECURITY MONITOR  was reliably informed by a member of his family  that “ Since he lost his wife, life has not been the same for the football icon” The source further said that “He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of  illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife,”

Keshi who was just 54 years old is survived by four children and his aged mother.

Keshi, the only Nigerian coach to have won the Africa Cup of Nations, achieved a rare feat in 2013 by becoming only the second person to win the trophy both as a player and a coach.
The only other person to have achieved the feat is Egypt’s Mahmoud El-Gohary.

Keshi, a product of St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka, Lagos, started his playing career at a very young age at ACB Football Club, and later played for New Nigeria Bank, Stade d’Abidjan, Africa Sports, Lokeren, Anderlecht, RC Strasbourg, and a host of other clubs.

He represented Nigeria from 1982, at age 20, till 1994, most of the time captaining the Super Eagles and scoring vital goals from his position as a central defender.

He also coached Togo and Nigeria at the World Cup, as well as Mali.

Keshi, nicknamed the “Big Boss” for his leadership skills, is the fifth member of the all-conquering 1994 team to die, following Uche Okafor, Thompson Oliha, Rashidi Yekini and Wilfred Agbonavbare.