First Nigerian goalkeeper, Sam Ibiam, dies at 90

Late Sam Ibiam (right) being interviewed by a journalist

Sam Ubiam, the first Nigerian national team goalkeeper has died at the age of 90.
Ibiam, who was born in 1925 in Ebonyi State was the Nigerian goalkeeper for the UK selected team that toured the United Kingdom in 1949.
Family sources confirmed his death yesterday.

In an interview the late Pa Ibiam had with Vanguard’s Tope Adeboboye, published on February 3, 2010, where he bemoaned his plights of being abandoned by the Nigerian government, and was left to live in squalor.

May His Soul Rest In Perfect Peace.... He is a hero and will forever be remembered.