Stephen Keshi's brother has revealed what many people didn't know about that might have led to the sudden demise of the former Super Eagles Coach and captain, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi.
Former Super Eagles Coach and captain, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi
Former Super Eagles Coach and captain, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi who died at the early hours of Wednesday in Benin at an undisclosed hospital could not recover from the loss of his late wife, Kate.
Shedding more light on what happened before his death, his brother, Emma Ado said that Keshi who was in Nigeria to attend to the grave side of his wife never recovered from the death of Kate Keshi. Kate (née Abureme) had died of cancer in December 2015, and they were married for 33 years.
Ado said: "Keshi never recovered from the death of Kate they were inseparateable. He has gone to meet Kate.
"Since the wife died Keshi has kept on mourning and has been in sorrow. All these time Keshi has been acting, giving the impression that he was fine and man enough to bear the sorrow but the truth actually is that he was down and in pain over the death of his wife.
"From companionship to cooking and other domestic matters nobody could be like his wife to him they were irreplaceable. The man just went to join her"
According to reports the wife, Kate made Keshi a responsible man and Keshi was always talking about her.
Also Sunday Oliseh, Keshi’s for teammate and former coach of the Super Eagles, who took over after Keshi was removed as the Super Eagles coach, has described the news of the death of Keshi as horrible and sad.
Writing on his twitter handle, Oliseh said: "Horrible news & Sad day as Our legendary Captain & brother Stephen Keshi dies.
May his blessed soul rest in peace. we lost an iconic Hero 2day."