Oliha's Widow Reveals Husband's Unfulfilled Wish

Date: 2013-07-01

The wife of the late Thompson Oliha, Iris, said her husband had wished to live in the house promised the winning 1994 class of the Super Eagles.
 
The bereaved wife said in Ilorin in tears that her late husband wished that he would be alive to take possession of the house promised the squad. The only thing that my husband did not live to witness was the house that the Federal Government promised the winning 1994 class of the Super Eagles.
 
"He repeatedly asked questions on what was causing the delay in fulfilling  the promise.  He said his colleagues, Uche Okafor and Rashidi Yekini, died without the promise being fulfilled.
 
" He did say that he doesn't want to die before the Federal Government fulfills  the promise, but, has it not happened  now? This is highly unfortunate," she said. The Federal Government had in 1994 promised each player in the Super Eagles squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunisia a house.
 
"As at the time he gave up the ghost, he was still discussing about some players from Kano that were coming for trials at the Kwara Football Academy on Sunday," she further said.
 
The mother of one, however, denied the rumour that the former Super Eagles star had long been sick, saying he never complained of any ailment. She added: " we had our normal discussion because we did discuss a lot. He even went to work the day before because they played a match.
 
"He came back to take his shower. On Wednesday, they also went to Ibadan to play a match with the 3SC. So, if he was sick, how would he have gone to Ibadan? "


Her late husband, she said, had the utmost wish to assist Nigerian footballers to manage their wealth in the belief that there was always life after a football career.
 
She also said that no burial arrangement had been made yet for the deceased, noting that the family was awaiting government's plan. The widow said that the family had not received any message from either the government or his 1994 Eagles mates.

The wife of the late Thompson Oliha, Iris, said her husband had wished to live in the house promised the winning 1994 class of the Super Eagles.
 
The bereaved wife said in Ilorin in tears that her late husband wished that he would be alive to take possession of the house promised the squad. The only thing that my husband did not live to witness was the house that the Federal Government promised the winning 1994 class of the Super Eagles.
 
"He repeatedly asked questions on what was causing the delay in fulfilling  the promise.  He said his colleagues, Uche Okafor and Rashidi Yekini, died without the promise being fulfilled.
 
" He did say that he doesn't want to die before the Federal Government fulfills  the promise, but, has it not happened  now? This is highly unfortunate," she said. The Federal Government had in 1994 promised each player in the Super Eagles squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunisia a house.
 
"As at the time he gave up the ghost, he was still discussing about some players from Kano that were coming for trials at the Kwara Football Academy on Sunday," she further said.
 
The mother of one, however, denied the rumour that the former Super Eagles star had long been sick, saying he never complained of any ailment. She added: " we had our normal discussion because we did discuss a lot. He even went to work the day before because they played a match.
 
"He came back to take his shower. On Wednesday, they also went to Ibadan to play a match with the 3SC. So, if he was sick, how would he have gone to Ibadan? "


Her late husband, she said, had the utmost wish to assist Nigerian footballers to manage their wealth in the belief that there was always life after a football career.
 
She also said that no burial arrangement had been made yet for the deceased, noting that the family was awaiting government's plan. The widow said that the family had not received any message from either the government or his 1994 Eagles mates.

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