“NGRPresident MBuhari condoles with family of Lady Janet Okwaraji, a teacher and school proprietress, who passed on at 83, leaving lasting memory of kindness, love and charity as a devout Christian...
Madam Janet Okwaraji’s death was yesterday confirmed by her eldest son, Patrick, who said she died ‘a few weeks ago’.Her son, Sam, died while playing with the national football team – the Green Eagles – at the National Stadium in a World Cup 1990 qualifier against Angola on April 12, 1998. He slumped and was pronounced dead later at the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos.
“The President believes Lady Okwaraji, whose son, Samuel, died in August 1989 while playing for the Super Eagles in a World Cup qualifier, will always be remembered for the sacrifices of the family for the nation.
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