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Ex-NFF director, Laloko, dies at 76

Former Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Kashimawo Laloko, is dead.

The 76-year-old reportedly died at Sacred Hearts catholic hospital in Abeokuta on Sunday, after a brief illness.

‘Duro Amene’ — as Laloko was popularly called — was the founder of Pepsi Football Academy in Lagos.

The academy is reputed to have produced the likes of  John Mikel Obi, since its inception in November 1992.

Until his death, he was Parakoyi of Egbaland in Ogun state.

The former NFF director was also an old boy of the famous Abeokuta Grammar School in Ogun state.

He will be buried according to Islamic rites at his Gbonagun residence in Abeokuta on Monday by 3pm.

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