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LILLE AND SUPER EAGLES’ STRIKER, VICTOR OSIMHEN IS BEREAVED!

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Super Eagles and French Ligue 1 striker, Victor Osimhen is berieved having lost his father, Patrick Osimhen on Saturday night.

The 80-year old and father of seven, reportedly died after a brief illness.

Victor Osimhen announced the death of his father via his Twitter handle on Sunday. “Rest in peace dad. No words to describe this feeling”, the Super Eagles’ player wrote.

Osimhen used to live with his father at Olusosun suburb of Oregun/Ojota in Lagos. The mother, Mrs Christiana Osimhen had earlier died in 2001, 14 years before Victor hit global limelight with his exploits at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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