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EXPOSED: How Rashidi Yekini Was Killed By Members Of His Family

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Eight years after Nigeria’s all-time goal scorer, Rashidi Yekini died in mysterious circumstances, many football lovers are still scratching their heads and can’t believe that such a legend could pass away in such a manner.

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Yekini died on May 4, 2012, and buried a day later in his hometown of Iraa in Kwara state according to Muslim law. However, there are some revelations that are coming through which could possibly let us into the events that preceded the death of the Nigerian legend.

Yekini’s Lawyer and friend Jubril Mohammed alleged that there is a complicity in the way the former footballer died after he was forcibly taken from his house by supposed family members in a bid to give him psychiatric help.

Jubril. “I have confirmed beyond any doubt that Yekini was forcefully taken away from his house, he was hand and leg chained and eventually he died,” said Mohammed according to a report on MTNfootball.com.

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“He has resisted several attempts to take him away and on one such occasion in 2010 the police commissioner in Oyo State Adisa Gbolatan warned that no one should try to take him away by force because Yekini goes beyond a family issue as he is a national hero.

“The commissioner warned then that should any mental examination of the player be conducted, it has to be in the presence of the police as well as government representatives.”

Jubril. “I have confirmed beyond any doubt that Yekini was forcefully taken away from his house, he was hand and leg chained and eventually he died,” said Mohammed according to a report on MTNfootball.com.

Mohammed added:

“I’m ever willing to cooperate with the authorities to really know the circumstances that led to his death. At least, I owe Yekini this because besides being my client, he was my brother and friend.”

The report also quoted neighbours who said that Yekini was bound up in restraints and taken away led by a psychiatric doctor from Osogbo, the Osun state capital.

“Yekini was a peaceful man in the area, he kept to himself and would not greet people, we all knew him for that. But on Easter Day, some people very close to him came here to force him out of the area without any reason,” said a neighbour Kunle Michael.

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“They forced him with chains in both hands and legs with blood all over his body. They attacked him on his way from training at the Liberty Stadium and forced him into his car. What we heard next was that he’s dead. The government must investigate how Yekini died.”

Apart from scoring 37 goals in 58 matches for Nigeria, Rasidi Yekini also led the Super Eagles to their first World Cup appearance in 1994 where he scored the country’s first goal at the tournament. Yekini was named African footballer of the year in 1993, the first Nigerian to win the award. He was aged 48 when he died.

Rashidi Yekini celebrated his posthumous birthday last week with little recognition for the day. However, in this article, we will let into the life of the late Nigerian legend’s daughter who is making waves after the passing away of his father.

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Yemisi Yekini is one of the two daughters left behind by Nigeria’s all-time Super Eagles’ highest goal scorer, Rashidi Yekini. In 2017, he graduated from Dumonforte University in Leicester City, the United Kingdom with distinction and the second overall student of her graduating set.

But was he living alone then? What was the disposition of his wife and children? They should have a clearer view. Some family members are so lazily terrible. They know he has wife and children, yet they felt they could fake his wealth.

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