Former Super Eagles midfielder, Thompson Oliha dies at 44

Former Super Eagles player, Thompson
Oliha, has passed on. The midfielder,
who was among the 1994 victorious
Super Eagles' squad that won the Nations
cup in Tunisia, died today Sunday, June
30 at 4.05 am at the Yusjib industrial
medicare hospital, Ilorin, Kwara
State, Super Sport reports.
Confirming his death in Ilorin, Doctor
Yusuf Addulraheem told Super Sport that
Oliha was brought to the hospital at the
time when there was nothing he could do
to resuscitate him.
“I feel so sad to confirm to you that
Thompson Oliha is dead and by the
time his wife brought him here, the
body was completely lifeless. His
wife Irish Oliha told me that he
slumped in the toilet before
rushing him to hospital and there
was nothing we could do to save
him,”
Until his death, Oliha was the head coach
of the Kwara Football Academy (KFA) in
Ilorin, Kwara State. He was 44 years old.
May his soul rest in peace...Amen.