Keshi was a leader with passion, says Amuneke

The Flying Eagles coach says the demise of the former Super Eagles handler is a great loss to the Nigerian football fraternity

Emmanuel Amuneke says he is still in shock following the death of former Nigeria teammate Stephen Keshi.
Both were members of the golden 94 Nigeria squad that won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations and also featured at the World Cup in the United States of America same year.
"Words can't describe the moment.  It's a huge loss, we have lost a great leader, brother, a father and a great personality that represented Nigeria well and someone who has put smiles on the faces of millions of Nigerians around the world," Amuneke told Goal.
"We've lost someone that inspired us,  someone we have watched grow up as a player, we have lost someone we were privileged to have shared the dressing room with and great impact in Nigerian football. At the Lord give us all the strength to with stand this huge loss.
"He achieved the 1994 triumph in Tunisia being honest, dedicated and knowing so well that every journey has its challenges.
"As a player Stephen Keshi made Nigerians proud and he came back years after to coach. He was a leader with passion and discipline.
"It's painful that we are losing great men who can do more for the next generation but we all know that we were born and are meant to die one day but what defines us is what we've done on earth.
"Unfortunately we came from a peculiar country where people rarely recognise you when you are alive. No one cares to know what's happening to players after they retire.
"A gift is being given to every human by God and you can impact positively with that same gift. It's a sad moment."