Family plans to move Ogbein Fawole’s corpse to his hometown

THE corpse of former Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan player, Ogbein Fawole, will soon be taken to his hometown in Bayelsa State, according to his brother, Harry Fawole.

The former defender died on Monday in Lagos following a heart attack and Harry, while speaking to Tribunesport on Friday said the corpse of his elder brother would be taken to their hometown, Tiosani in Bayelsa State, probably next week, as the bill his corpse was incurring from embalment in Lagos was on the high side.

Harry added that the date of the burial will soon will announced.

“The body of Ogbein is in the mortuary and we are thinking of taking his corpse to Bayelsa by next week as the corpse is presently at a private mortuary,” Harry told Tribunesport by phone.

“The expenses are on the high side and we are moving the body to Tiosani, our hometown in Bayelsa and after that the family will deliberate on the date of his burial. For now we are making necessary preparation to take his body to Bayelsa,” he added.

Speaking on the former footballer’s state of health before his death, Harry said: “Ogbein never complained of heart problem when he was in the United Kingdom and even when he came down to the country but we were surprised by the attack. He was not falling sick, it was just a sudden attack.

“He gave up between 2 and 3pm on our way to the hospital that day, in fact since I knew him, there was never a time he was admitted to hospital.

“He was such a loving and caring person during his lifetime and very accommodating. It was always fun to be with him, it is just a sad thing to love a caring brother.”