Bazuaye Dies in Benin
Nigerian legend, Willy Bazuaye, has passed away on Monday at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital in Benin City.
A very close family source revealed to supersport.com on Monday of the death of the former Golden Eaglets coach.
“Yes Willy Bazuaye died this morning,” a family source told supersport.com. “It’s unfortunate. May his soul rest in peace.”
His last days before his death, according to the family source, had seen him become immobile.
Bazuaye was famed for being a part of the backroom staff as an assistant coach when the Nigerian under-23s won Olympic gold in the football event in Atlanta in 1996.
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