A former goalkeeper of the Green Eagles, Peter Fregene, who has been ill for some time, is dead.
Another ex-international and the goalkeeper’s friend, Segun Odegbami, announced the death, which occurred on Sunday, in a statement.
Odegbami, who had last week solicited funds for the treatment of Fregene, said in a statement on Sunday: “A few minutes ago, Peter ‘Apo’ Fregene, OLY, former goalkeeper for Nigeria’s Green Eagles, who has been on life support for the past one week, passed on to meet his creator.