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The board of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is saddened and devastated with the news of the death of one of it members, Professor Emmanuel Ojeme.
AFN president, Tonobok Okowa was crest fallen when the news of the death of Professor Emmanuel Ojeme reached him late Monday night.
Ojeme, one of the refined persons in Nigeria’s athletics history died on Monday in the evening.
He was a representative of Nigeria Association of Physical Health Education, Recreation, Dance and Sports (Napher-SD) on the current AFN board.
Okowa described the news of Professor Ojeme’s death as shocking.
“I just got calls from someone very close to him that our dear Professor Ojeme is no more. It’s a shock to me. I am still trying to reach out to his wife and children to know exactly what happened,” Okowa said.
“Professor Ojeme has been a great father to us in the Athletics Family. It is so sad his death is coming at a point when we are putting heads together on how to prepare our athletes to make a great impact at the Paris Olympics Games. We will surely miss him,” Okowa stated.
Before his demise, Professor Ojeme was the chairman of the Education and Youth Development Committee and a member of the Ethnics, Disciplinary and Safeguarding Committee of the AFN.
Meanwhile, the President of the Nigeria Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation, Sports and Dance, Professor Florence Bola Adeyanju, described the death of late Professor Ojeme as a colossal loss to the Nigerian sports fraternity and the continent in general.
