Nigeria’s most celebrated referee, Festus Bolaji Okubule has died. Okubule died in a Lagos hospital at about 5.50pm on Tuesday. The death occurred after he took ill shortly after his 80th birthday which was quietly marked at his Lagos home on 14 March. He was the second Nigerian referee to officiate at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, 1986 after the pioneering effort of Sunny Woghiren at the 1974 edition which was also held in Egypt. Okubule, popularly called ‘Show Boy’ for his dramatic demonstration of actions that led…
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