An ex-Chairman of the then Nigeria Football Association, Colonel Mike Okwechime died in Benin City on Friday. The former football administrator passed on at Faith Mediplex Hospital along the Airport Road in Benin City. He was aged 87 which he celebrated last November 12.

The late colonel was the NFA chairman in succession to Sunday Dankaro in 1981 and was on the saddle till 1982 when he was succeeded by Navy Commodore Edwin Kentebe.

Prior to his appointment as the NFA chairman, he had as a serving colonel headed the then National Sports Council (NSC) which became the National Sports Commission in 1971.

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