ABODERIN: Man who changed face of Women’s Basketball (Punch)

The news of the death of one of the major financiers of sports in Nigeria, Wale Aboderin, came as a rude shock to the sporting family and the entire country. The Punch Nigeria Limited chairman and Dolphins Basketball Club proprietor died after a heart surgery at the First Cardiology Consultants in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday at the age of  60. Tributes poured in from all sectors of the country for a man who distinguished himself and touched lives everywhere he went, especially the sports fraternity. Aboderin, a United States-trained pilot, was a colossus in the sports world, with basketball his first love. Indeed, he was a phenomenal figure who etched his name in gold and because of his exploits in women basketball in Africa, he was affectionately referred to as Up Chair! by the basketball faithful. Read more