Pomp as Nigerian football bids Ogunjobi final farewell

THERE was pomp, colour and essence as actors and actresses in Nigerian football put out all the stops in honouring former international defender, former Secretary General of then NFA and one–time member of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board, Chief Taiwo Joseph Ogunjobi ahead of the final interment of his remains today.

The rites of passage began on Tuesday in Oshogbo, capital of Osun State, where he served as Chairman of the State Football Association until his passing, with some youth football and tributes, before the train headed for Ibadan, the largest city in West Africa, capital of Oyo State and the town where Ogunjobi spent most of his lifetime.

On Wednesday, the Western Nigeria Football Forum, headed by the NFF’S First Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi, and for which Ogunjobi was a key actor, galvanizer and advisor, held a symposium in his honour with the theme: ‘Celebrating the Life and Times of Ogunjobi.’

At the symposium were Akinwunmi; NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi; NFF’S zonal coordinators led by the Chairman of Chairmen, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau; former NFF President, Gen. Dominic Oneya (rtd); former NFF First Vice President, Mazi Amanze Uchegbulam; former NFF General Secretaries, Dr. Bolaji Ojo-oba and Ambassador Fanny Amun; two–time Head Coach of the Senior National Team, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde; President-general of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Dr. Rafiu Oladipo; former international players, Dr. Felix Owolabi and Mutiu Adepoju and; senior stakeholders of the game from far and near, including Mr. Ade Somefun.