Acting president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Olamide George, says the federation would play active role in the burial of late coach Tobias Igwe also known as Toblow.
Toblow, the greatest grassroots coach from Nigeria and the African continent produced great athletes like Mary Onyali, the Ezinwa brothers (Davidson and Osmond), Uchenna Emedolu, Victor Okorie and Raphael Ihunaegbo. He died late last year and will be buried on March 6, 2020 in his hometown, Isiala Mbano, Imo State.
Toblow’s wife had cried out in a chat with The Guardian during the week that no official of the AFN, Sports ministry and Imo State government had reached out to them since the coach died. Read more