Dad took ill after suffering partial stroke, receiving treatment before death, says Onigbinde’s daughter
Bola Jegede, daughter to the late former Super Eagles Head Coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, has expressed grief over her father’s death, describing his death as a loss to the family.
Mrs Jegede, the second child of the deceased, spoke during an interview on Tuesday at the Onigbinde’s residence in Modakeke, Ife East Local Government Area of Osun State.
She said that her father led a fulfilled and impactful life, contributing immensely to Nigerian football and the global sporting community.
Mrs Jegede described the former technical director of the Super Eagles as “a devoted father, loving, caring, great adviser and disciplinarian.”
She said her father died at about 7:30p.m on Monday while preparations were ongoing to admit him at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife.
She explained that before the former Super Eagles coach died, he had been ill for two weeks after suffering a partial stroke, for which doctors and a physiotherapist had been treating him.
Mrs Jegede said that details of the burial arrangements would be announced by the family in due course.
Similarly, the deceased’s cousin, Mathew Onigbinde, described his death as a great loss to the family, stating that the vacuum left by the Super Eagles coach could “only be filled by God.”
He described the late coach as a nice, accommodating and generous man.
A condolence register has been opened at the deceased’s residence.
In his reaction, the Palace Secretary to the Ogunsua of Modakeke, Oba Joseph Toriola, Moshood Oni, said that the palace was waiting for official notification from the Onigbinde’s family.
The late Onigbinde, a high chief in the palace, died at 88.
(NAN)
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