Nigeria woke up in shock this morning as people have been informed that Stephen Okechukwu Keshi aka the big Boss died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday, .
The former international football player who lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer is suspected to have had a heart attack in Benin Edo State..
According to family members and a close friend the coach never showed any signs of illness. He is survived by four children and his 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..
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.
The former RSC Anderlecht of Belgium defender was on the radar of a number of clubs and countries of recent and was reportedly on his way to South Africa Premier League Soccer side Orlando Pirates before his demise.