Keshi’s final wish

Former national team coach and captain, Stephen
Okechukwu Keshi may have died a sudden death
but the former Hawks of Togo handler ensured he
left specific instructions as to where he should be
buried and how.

According his manager and close confidant Emma
Ado, Keshi instructed he should be buried in Ilah,
his home
town. That aside, the Africa Cup of Nations winner
as player and coach also want the remains of his
wife, who was buried in Benin taken to Ilah and
be reburied by his grave.

Keshi
Ado who spoke on Channels TV programme
Wednesday morning, lamented the sudden death
of the former national team coach, saying, “he
never recovered from the death of his wife but
he never prepared us for this. He’s gone to be
with his wife he called Nkem.”

Continuing, Ado said, “Keshi lived a good life. All
the children are in the US and our brothers out
there have travelled to go and be with them.”

He disclosed Keshi’s last wish: “He asked to be
buried in Ilah and the body of his wife which was
buried in Benin be taken Ilah and buried beside
him. That was his decision.”