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  • Oyo Govt donates one million naira towards Jossy Lad burial

    Oyo Govt donates one million naira towards Jossy Lad burial

    Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Adedapo Lam Adesina has presented a cash of N1m (One Million Naira) to the family of Late Joseph Ladipo for the successful burial of the late soccer icon slated for June 13-14 in Ibadan.

    Lam-Adesina gave the money to the deceased family at his office yesterday to fulfill government’s promise of giving the former 3SC captain a befitting burial.

    The commissioner said it was high time we stopped celebrating our heroes when they have gone. He explained that Oyo State Government presented the cash to forestall unnecessary delay in cashing a cheque because of the closeness of the date of the burial.

    In his response, a member of the burial committee, Dr. Steve Olarinoye, who is also the Zonal Coordinator of the National Sports Commission, South West Zone One thanked the State Government for the support while promising that the National Sports Commission will take a cue from the State Government to also support the family.

    Son of the deceased, Mr. Tunji Ladipo while speaking on behalf of the family thanked the State Government for all the support received from the period his father was sick and his eventual demise saying the family will forever be grateful.

    Late Ladipo’s final journey home will begin on Thursday with a football match between 3SC and Talented FC and a lying-in-state at Obafemi Awolowo Stadium.

    A church service would be held the following day, at Christ Church Mapo after which interment will follow at the cemetery of the church. Guests would be entertained after the interment inside the indoor gymnasium hall of Obafemi Awolowo Stadium.

  • Jossy Lad goes home June 14

    Jossy Lad goes home June 14

    Committee constituted for the burial of the late former Super Falcons Coach, Joseph Ladipo popularly known as Jossy Lad has officially announced 13th and 14th June for the burial of the departed football icon while presenting activities lined-up for the 2-day ceremony to media in Ibadan.

    The burial committee headed by ex-IICC player who also played along the deceased in late 60s, Elder Eddy Ayoola disclosed in a press conference organised in Ibadan that the burial rite would commence on 13th June with a football match between 3SC and Talented FC and a lying-in-state at Obafemi Awolowo Stadium.

    A church service would be held the following day, 14th June at Christ Church Mapo after which interment will follow at the cemetery of the church. Guests would be entertained after the interment inside the indoor gymnasium hall of Obafemi Awolowo Stadium.

    The committee also noted that they are yet to a have clear financier for the event as they are hoping to get quick responses from letters that were sent out to various quarters seeking assistance, in order to give the departed gaffer who passed away in his Apata Ibadan home on 9th of this month a befitting burial rite.

    They, however, appealed to the 11 local government areas located within Ibadan metropolis where the deceased hailed from to contribute towards giving the Jossy Lad a befitting burial.

    “We are expecting to get support from the 11 local government areas situated within Ibadan metropolis where the late coach came from and started his football sojourn in the 60s, although we have also written to Nigeria Football Federations (NFF), the Minister of Sports, Malam Bolaji Abdulahi, the State Government and spirited individuals,” Eddy Ayoola, chairman of the committee said.

    Other committee members included Dr. Felix Owolabi, Dr. Steve Olarinoye, the zonal coordinator of National Sports Commission, zone 1 headquarters, Ibadan, Rafiu Salami, Jossy Lad’s teammate, Pastor Solomon Oni, cousin to the deceased, Tunji Ladipo, son of the deceased, Chief Adewolu Ayinla, who was in-charge of security and protocol and Femi Okenla, former Oyo SWAN Chairman, who represented media in the committee.

  • Jossy lad dies at 71

    Jossy lad dies at 71

    Former Super Falcons coach, Joseph Ladipo popularly known as Jossy Lad has died at the age of 71.

    The former IICC Shooting Stars player, coach and chairman died at about 10am Thursday at his home in Kuola area of Apata, Ibadan after a long battle with sickness.

    He would have been 72 in July. His corpse has been deposited at an Ibadan mortuary.

    His first son Wale Ladipo told SportingLife that the family will meet to decide the next course of action.

    “My father died this morning at around 10 m. I have just returned from the mortuary where we deposited his corpse. The family will meet to know what is going to happen next,” he told SportingLife.

    Jossy lad was taken from a private hospital where he was receiving treatment to the emergency ward of the University College Hospital, (UCH) Ibadan in March when his health worsened and he suddenly began to gasp for breath.

    After 27 days on admission at the Southwest ward 3 of the hospital, Jossy Lad was discharged after the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Temitope Alonge approved and certified him okay for release from the admission.

    Two weeks later, however, his health suffered a setback and he was returned to the UCH by his family.

    The family, led by his first son Wale, resolved to take their father abroad for further treatment when it dawned on them that his condition could not be handled at the UCH but was faced with cash constraints.

    SportingLife gathered from a close relation that Jossy Lad was returned to his residence at Apata about a week ago with hopes high that funds to take him abroad would be raised. Unfortunately, he bade the world a final good night on Thursday.

    Some of the early callers at his house yesterday were his friends and playmates Edward Ayoola, and Kayode Awobajo, a member of Ibadan Football Association.

    Ladipo was a member of WNDC that later became IICC Shooting Stars. Jossy Lad, as former Captain, lifted Nigeria’s first continental trophy in 1976 when he led Shooting Stars to clinch the (now rested) African Cup Winners Cup.

  • JOSSY LAD LIFE SUPPORT MACHINE IN UCH Family nervous over neglect by UCH staffs

    JOSSY LAD LIFE SUPPORT MACHINE IN UCH Family nervous over neglect by UCH staffs

    The health of former Super Falcons coach Joseph ‘Jossy lad’ Oladipo suffered a sharp decline yesterday when he suddenly began to gasp for breath.

    Jossy lad was quickly taken from the private hospital where was to the emergency ward of the University College Hospital, (UCH) Ibadan.

    His first son Wale Ladipo, who accompanied his dad to the hospital, was apprehensive while narrating their ordeal to newsmen. He disclosed how the former Shooting Stars player and coach, who needed prompt attention, was allegedly neglected from 11:pm on Monday to 2:30am on Tuesday by UCH staff who claimed there was no trolley to wheel him inside for treatment.

    “We almost lost my dad last night when we rushed him here and UCH people said there was no trolley so they left him outside here gasping for more than three hours.

    “If my dad were conscious when he was being transferred from our family clinic, he would not have allowed himself to be taken to UCH because of an experience he told us he had during the case of Best Ogedegbe, which he claimed led to his untimely death,” Wale explained.

    Jossy lad, the immediate past chairman of the 3SC board, was still on life support machine at press time. His friends and contemporaries such as Rafiu Salami, former IICC player, Babarere, former 3SC team manager, Kayode Awobajo, Banli Akintayo, Chairman Ibadan Football Association (IFA) were all at the premises of the emergency ward praying for the survival of their beloved.