CITIZENS COMPASS— Former Super Eagles midfielder and 1980 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) winner, Henry Nwosu, had reportedly died.
He died at the age of 62 in the early hours of Saturday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, after spending five days in the intensive care unit.
His close friend, Segun Odegbami, announced the death via his Facebook handle.
He wrote: “Henry Nwosu passes on!
After 5 days in hospital battling for his life, the one I call ‘Youngest Millionaire’ passed on at 4:00 am this morning at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos where he had been in Intensive Care since Wednesday.
“It is with deep pain in my heart that I have to be the conveyor of the news of the death of Henry Nwosu MON, the youngest of the victorious 1980 AFCON squad.
“May he rest peacefully with our Creator in Heaven.”
Born on June 6, 1963, Nwosu rose to prominence as one of Nigeria’s most gifted midfielders during the 1980s.
He was the youngest player in Nigeria’s squad that won the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil at the age of 18.
