abiodunalasa:

My elder brother told me he died cuz he fired a shot against India when India was beating Nigeria 99-0. That when he fired the shot the ball turned to stone.

Well, I decided to continue the fable so I told it to one of my younger brother too. This one just went straight to google it
He almost kill me with jest that day.

All the lies my big bro told me I can't even do same on my younger ones cuz of google.
And I can't take revenge on my big bro cuz he's now in the Military.

Finishing!

dermmy:

So na head ball team dem get now abi?

What Do U Expect?

Great player, The late great Oliver De Coque payed a huge tribute to this lawyer / footballer..Okwaraji sacrificed a lot for the green eagles. RIP Sam Sosochukwuma Okwaraji..

yokiti:
May your soul continue to rest in peace.
.
There was a song by Salewa Abeni ( I guess)
o okwaraji o okwaraji
iwo ni kan lowo baba
iwo ni kan lowo mama ......
.

It was kollington ayinla

naptu2:



1) Samuel Okwaraji, Stephen Keshi, Peter Rufai and Coach Yusuf Salami during a Seoul '88 Olympic qualifier at the National Stadium in Lagos.

This match was Nigeria against Algeria for Seoul 88 Olympics qualifier player in Enugu and that was Okwaraji's first match for the country.

I had heard of that mythical match between Nigeria and India long before Samuel Okwaraji died.

Teslim "Thunder" Balogun scored Nigeria's only goal in the version that I heard. There was also another myth that Thunder Balogun killed his brother by playing a shot (with his left leg) that went through his brother's stomach.

I didn't believe the myths because they sounded too fantastic.

My uncle (the one that told me that Okwaraji was dead) played with Thunder Balogun and I thought of asking him if the stories were true, but I never summoned the courage too ask him (I didn't want to ask him a ridiculous question).

Edit. kingkoboko, no such match took place.

rest on Barrister Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji!

I remember the song....

Sam okwaraji nwuru onwu ike.....kpa kpa kpa goalkeeper.....if u know u know..

Indomie generation won't know...

theoldpretender:



Finishing!

As in ehn ? He really took me for a ride.

He told me Mami Water is inside one big tank like that in our compound. So each time rain fall and the the tank is filled I am always scared to go anywhere near it.
Funny enough the big ass tank is still in our compound so each I go home and see it I always remember and I will feel like to grab my bro by his neck ... We always have a good laugh about it tho.

luvinhubby:


This match was Nigeria against Algeria for Seoul 88 Olympics qualifier player in Enugu.

Pls don't tell me you watch the match

abbeyty:

It was kollington ayinla

Thanks for this. Please, can you post the lyrics of that part eulogising Okwaraji.

Yokiti, COOLDK, MartinCorridon.

Kollington Ayinla - Megastar Album (1989).

O Okwaraji! is the 5th track.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8WgQtQPBeU

abiodunalasa:

My elder brother told me he died cuz he fired a shot against India when India was beating Nigeria 99-0. That when he fired the shot the ball turned to stone.

Well, I decided to continue the fable so I told it to one of my younger brother too. This one just went straight to google it
He almost kill me with jest that day.

All the lies my big bro told me I can't even do same on my younger ones cuz of google.
And I can't take revenge on my big bro cuz he's now in the Military.

you can still take revenge. He won't kill you. He may shoot ur left yansh.

sureheaven:
A Legend will forever be a Legend.

How many golden boots he get worldcup african best player abeg tell me which one he get among all

naptu2:
Yokiti, COOLDK, MartinCorridon.

Kollington Ayinla - Megastar Album (1989).

O Okwaraji! is the 5th track.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8WgQtQPBeU

Thanks naptu2. I really like your threads. You are the resident Chief Historian

mudiana:
you can still take revenge. He won't kill you. He may shoot ur left yansh.

Yansh get right nor go there

naptu2:
I had heard of that mythical match between Nigeria and India long before Samuel Okwaraji died.

Teslim "Thunder" Balogun scored Nigeria's only goal in the version that I heard. There was also another myth that Thunder Balogun killed his brother by playing a shot (with his left leg) that went through his brother's stomach.

I didn't believe the myths because they sounded too fantastic.

My uncle (the one that told me that Okwaraji was dead) played with Thunder Balogun and I thought of asking him if the stories were true, but I never summoned the courage too ask him (I didn't want to ask him a ridiculous question).

Edit. kingkoboko, no such match took place.

Sir, so it has been a long time this "fabu" of a thing has been in existence.
I heard that there was a bet that if Nigeria scores just a goal that we are the winner of the match irrespective of the opposition's goal which happens to be India.

We were told that the aftermath of this match made the football authorities to place a ban on India participation in world football till further notice.

In the narratives, the ball will be turning to lion when Indian players face our own goalkeeper thereby, making the man between the poles to run for his dear life.

The ball will be as hard as rock when it reaches the legs of our players, hence their inability to play well. The man that eventually scored a goal for Nigeria broke his leg in the process.
.
May God forgive those generations that coined the "fabu" and those that took it upon themselves to spread the lie inspired gospel.
.
Thank you very much for the Killington Ayinla's YouTube video. I really appreciate it.
Sir, can you please give an insight into the reason most folklore has Tortoise in it (evident in the last past of chief Kollington's video)

abiodunalasa:

My elder brother told me he died cuz he fired a shot against India when India was beating Nigeria 99-0. That when he fired the shot the ball turned to stone.

Well, I decided to continue the fable so I told it to one of my younger brother too. This one just went straight to google it
He almost kill me with jest that day.

All the lies my big bro told me I can't even do same on my younger ones cuz of google.
And I can't take revenge on my big bro cuz he's now in the Military.

I feel your pain lols

yokiti:

Thanks for this.
Please, can you post the lyrics of that part eulogising Okwaraji.

Listen to the song here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8WgQtQPBeU

abbeyty:

Listen to the song here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8WgQtQPBeU

I just did. Thanks bro.

yokiti:

I just did. Thanks bro.

You welcome

richeeyo:
Good old days when Nigeria had a football team

so na table tennis team we get now

richeeyo:
Good old days when Nigeria had a football team

so na table tennis team we get now

I was at the national stadium on that fateful day, apart from okwaraji about 6 fans died too in the stadium due to overcrowding and suffocation in the covered terrace. The surulere stadium pitch had just undergo regrassing and closed to matches for months and the world cup qualifier against Angola will be the first match to be played after the regrassing and the soccer crazy Lagos fans besieged the stadium to watch the super eagles after months of inactivity. okwaraji died of cardiac arrest while waiting for a throw in. I learnt in the newspapers the following morning that okwaraji and some other fans have been confirmed dead

naptu2:
I had heard of that mythical match between Nigeria and India long before Samuel Okwaraji died.

Teslim "Thunder" Balogun scored Nigeria's only goal in the version that I heard. There was also another myth that Thunder Balogun killed his brother by playing a shot (with his left leg) that went through his brother's stomach.

I didn't believe the myths because they sounded too fantastic.

My uncle (the one that told me that Okwaraji was dead) played with Thunder Balogun and I thought of asking him if the stories were true, but I never summoned the courage too ask him (I didn't want to ask him a ridiculous question).

Edit. kingkoboko, no such match took place.

I challenge u 2 read d full story 1st & den arrive at ur own conclusion. Whatsapp my agent on +2349095000603

He'll send it 2u FREE.

yokiti:

Sir, so it has been a long time this "fabu" of a thing has been in existence.
I heard that there was a bet that if Nigeria scores just a goal that we are the winner of the match irrespective of the opposition's goal which happens to be India.

We were told this the aftermath of this match made the football authorities to place a ban on India participation in world football till further notice.

In the narratives, the ball will be turning to lion when Indian players face our own goalkeeper thereby, making the man between the poles to run for his dear life.

The ball will be as hard as rock when it reaches the legs of our players, hence their inability to play well. The man that eventually scored a goal for Nigeria broke his leg in the process.
.
May God forgive those generations that coined the "fabu" and those that took it upon themselves to spread the lie inspired gospel.
.
Thank you very much for the Killington Ayinla's YouTube video. I really appreciated it.
Sir, can you please give an insight into the reason most folklore has Tortoise in it (evident in the last past of chief Kollington's video)

D unforgettable match was played on August 15th, 1970. Why not read d full story 1st?

Whatsapp my agent on +2349095000603

He'll send it 2u FREE

abiodunalasa:

My elder brother told me he died cuz he fired a shot against India when India was beating Nigeria 99-0. That when he fired the shot the ball turned to stone.

Well, I decided to continue the fable so I told it to one of my younger brother too. This one just went straight to google it
He almost kill me with jest that day.

All the lies my big bro told me I can't even do same on my younger ones cuz of google.
And I can't take revenge on my big bro cuz he's now in the Military.

Malaria dey worry your brother

kingkoboko:


D unforgettable match was played on August 15th, 1970. Why not read d full story 1st?

Whatsapp my agent on +2349095000603

He'll send it 2u FREE

Which match?

naptu2:



1) Samuel Okwaraji, Stephen Keshi, Peter Rufai and Coach Yusuf Salami during a Seoul '88 Olympic qualifier at the National Stadium in Lagos.

You may need to research more about Okwaraji studying at the time of his death.

Okwaraji was already a lawyer and had also received his masters degree in law (LLM) from the university of Rome.

And there was no record that he had enrolled for his doctorate degree.

histemple:


You may need to research more about Okwaraji studying at the time of his death.

Okwaraji was already a lawyer and had also received his masters degree in law (LLM) from the university of Rome.

And there was no record that he had enrolled for his doctorate degree.

You might need to read my post again in order to understand it

kingkoboko:


I challenge u 2 read d full story 1st & den arrive at ur own conclusion. Whatsapp my agent on +2349095000603

He'll send it 2u FREE.

I've already heard that fictional story of August 15th, 1970, Mobilaji Johnson and each Indian goal counting as 3 goals. I heard it a long time ago. It's not new to me.

The BBC had a programme in which listeners could ask any question and they would get the answer for you.

A Nigerian wrote into the programme c1994 to ask if the story was true and if Nigeria actually played India in a 99-1 match.

The BBC World Service got their reporter in India to interview soneone from the Indian FA and they said that no such match took place (that was the first time that they were hearing about it).

The BBC then got their reporter in Lagos to interview the then NFA spokesman and he confirmed that it's a myth.

There have been many similar myths, eg, the myth that the Civil War was stopped because of a football match.

I hate this Cloudflare.

greatme2good:


I feel your pain lols

Is that you at ur dp