A doyen of sports journalism and renowned FIFA licensed agent, Chris Eseka, is dead.
Family sources said the amiable journalist died in Lagos on Sunday night after a brief sickness.
Eseka worked notably at the Benin City -based Observer and National Concord Newspapers in Lagos; and became a house hold name as a sports pundit on TV in the 1990s while on the set of Mastersports , a flagship programme on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA).
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He later branched out into management of players and coaches and was the Chief Executive Officer at The Playmakers International Limited. He was a close confidant to Dutch coach Clemens Westerhof during his successful spell with the Super Eagles. He was regarded as one of the unseen hands behind the national team’s historic first qualification for the FIFA World Cup at USA 1994 as well as the country’s successful outing at the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Tunisia.
Eseka, known for his philanthropic gestures in his life time, reportedly died in his late 60s.