Izuchukwu Okosi
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa in his usual benevolent nature has handed former Nigeria international Kingsley Obiekwu the sum of 2 million naira (two million naira) after the Olympic gold medallist was spotted at the Abakpa Motor Park Enugu using his personal car for public transportation.
Obiekwu who is a Member of the Order of Niger (MON) was part of Nigeria’s Atlanta ’96 gold winning football team that became Africa’s first gold medal winners in the football tournament of the Olympics.
Obiekwu who was affectionately called Shagari after Nigeria’s former President Shehu Shagari during his active days in the game is a coach of an amateur side based in Enugu INGAS FC but opted to use his Sienna car for public transport as his former club is said to be owing him a backlog of salaries totalling the sum of N6m (six million naira).
Obiekwu in an interview with The News Agency of Nigeria in Awka confirmed his involvement in public transportation as revealed by a Facebook user on Tuesday who identified the former Rangers international and Udoji United defender at the Motor park.
“Yes, I am a commercial transporter; there is nothing to hide about it. Man has to do what is legal to pay his family bills.
“I have four children at Enugu State University of Technology and my last child is in primary five,” ‘Shagari’ told NAN.
Eagles captain Musa has a long history of kindness with his most recent before now being the kind donation to the building of a mosque in Garoua during the Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Cameroon.
In his magnanimous best, Prime Business Africa recalls that Musa in Asaba in June 2019 at the Super Eagles hotel base, handed the sum of N25,000 to a lady who had to come to solicit for money to feed from the players and officials to start the business of selling second hand clothings popularly called ‘Okrika’ in local parlance.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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