Ex-internationals lament NFF officials’ absence at Sofoluwe’s burial
and Life Medical Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos. on Thursday
’Tosin Oluwalowo
Ex-internationals have lamented the absence of officials of the Nigeria Football Federation at the burial of late Super Eagles defender, Yisa Sofoluwe.
Sofoluwe was buried according to Muslim rites on Wednesday at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday.
The ex-Eagles defender died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Tuesday after being diagnosed with mild cerebral atrophy, a brain disease, aged 53.
Present at the burial ceremony were with members of the fallen footballer’s family, including his wife, Busola, and their two sons, ex-footballers and friends.