Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung and other top Federal Government officials were missing at the funeral of Stephen keshi
Stephen Keshi has been buried in his hometown, Illah (AFP)
Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung and other top government officials were absent in the funeral of later Super Eagles great, Stephen Keshi.
Funeral
of the late Keshi kicked off in Benin with a church service at St’ Paul
Catholic Church, Benin City on Thursday, July 28.
After the church service, a novelty match organised by Austin Eguavoen held at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin which was followed by his body lying in state for fans to pay their last respect.
Austin Eguavoen says FG's abandonment of Keshi's funeral shows that Nigeria is not worth fighting for (Today Nigeria)
The
funeral continued in his home state, Delta with a lying in state at the
Stephen Keshi Stadium at Nnebisi Road, Asaba before a requiem mass at
the St’ John, the Evangelist Catholic Church in his hometown of Illah.
He was buried at his family home in Illah.
In all of these funeral rites, neither Dalung nor a top official from the Federal Government were spotted.
Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung was missing at the funeral of Stephen Keshi (Facebook/Solomon Dalung)
This comes following the Federal Government abandonment of the funeral despite several promises to properly honour the late Keshi.
Special Adviser to the Sports Ministers, Nneka Ikem Anibeze Dalung revealed that the Federal Government plan to properly honour the late Keshi after the Olympic Games in Rio.
Former Super Eagles boss, Stephen keshi has been buried in his hometown, Illah (Twitter)
“We don’t want a
haphazard burial for such a great patriot, that is why the minister of
sports, Solomon Dalung, has said the FG will play its own part after the
Olympics”, Anibeze is quoted to say by African Football.
Ex-captain and coach of the Super Eagles Austin Eguavoen expressed sadness at the absence of top Nigerian government officials at the funeral of Keshi.
Keshi's funeral rites started on Thursday, July 28
"I am not surprised," Eguavoen said.
"We're yet to get the houses government promised us when we won 94' Nations Cup. Is Nigeria worth fighting for or even dying for?" he asked.
Keshi’s son, Junior earlier also expressed his disappointment with the Federal Government after they abandoned the funeral plans of his father
Keshi's funeral rites kicked off with a memorial service in Benin (Brila FM)
“I sat in front
of the federal government on national television a few weeks ago and
they promised they would honor pops the way he deserves,” he writes on Instagram.
“They
said that he has done too much for the country for them not to. They
made us change dates to fit the federal government’s schedule.
Keshi's
son says he is disappointed with the Federal Government for abandoning
the funeral of his dad (Instagram/Stephen Keshi Jnr)
“But they didn't do as promised, we aren't mad, nor sad, just disappointed, they should be ashamed of themselves.”
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