Yekini’s close friends murdered him, says Odegbami (Guardian)

Former Green Eagles captain, Segun Odegbami has revealed that Rashidi Yekini’s close friends were behind his death in 2012.

The ‘Mathematical’ as he’s fondly called disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television that was monitored by Soccernet.ng.

Odegbami, who was a member of Nigeria’s victorious 1980 Africa Cup of Nations-winning side, said Yekini was never insane but was callously murdered due to his generosity.

“His people actually went and abducted him from his car and took him to a native doctor of some sort to cure him of his ‘insanity. Why insanity?…because he was funding so many philanthropic projects, giving people his money, which he had kept in the bank for so long. Read more

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