The body of late youth football administrator, tactician and motivator, Coach Osahon Eghe Emokpae will be laid to rest this Friday at Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos, after lying in state at his residence, Sports247 reports.
This was disclosed in a funeral leaflet released by the esteemed and highly humble coach’s family, which further revealed that a funeral service of songs will take place in the evening of Thursday at the same residence – House 5, Close 69 in Satellite Town, Lagos.
The burial is expected to be graced by several players, coaches, well placed administrators, match officials and other stakeholders in grassroots football from all across Lagos.
This is on account of his highly effective role as founder and coach of Young Stars FC of Satellite Town, which produced Super Eagles striker, Paul Ebere Onuachu, among many other successful footballers of the current generation and several others who are now retired.
During his remarkable years as an expert in youth football, Coach Osahon also handled the junior squad of National Grassroots Dream Team and Velje Football Academy of Lagos, as well as Enyimba Feeders of Aba and FC Ebedie of Sagamu in the Nigerian National League (NNL).
Until recently, he was the caretaker committee chairman of Badagry Division Football Association (BDFA), a key interior position to which he was assigned by the executive committee of Lagos State Football Association (LSFA), at a point when the affiliate body was in disarray.
Sports247 gathered further that Coach Osahon’s last major outing was at the beginning of February, when he served as technical adviser of some foreign-based former players in a friendly against Idowu Boys Products at Coker-Orile, Lagos.
A similar setting will now hold in his honour this Thursday at FHA Stadium, FESTAC Town, where players, coaches, organisers, officials and fans will gather from 8am for a posthumous match as part of his burial activities.
