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The corpse of late Nigerian footballer, Olubayo Adefemi is
expected to arrive Nigeria tonight. The defender passed on last Monday
following an automobile crash in Greece on his way to the airport to catch a flight
back to Nigeria.

Now, a week after his death, the defender’s remains is scheduled
to arrive the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The body will be flown into Nigeria aboard an Alitalia Airline
flight from Rome, Italy and is expected to touch down at about 8pm local time.

Family members, fans and sympathizers of the late football star
will be at the airport to receive Adefemi’s remains.

Officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), according to
a statement from the Abuja secretariat of the football body, will also be at
the airport to receive the remains of the late footballer which will thereafter
be taken to a morgue in Yaba, a suburb of Lagos.

To be buried Thursday

The statement from the NFF, also disclosed that the late
international will be buried on April 28 in Lagos.

The statement further disclosed that Adefemi’s remains will
lie-in-state at the Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos, while
interment takes place later in the day at the Atan Cemetery, in Yaba.

“It has been confirmed that the player’s corpse would
lie-in-state at the Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere on Thursday
morning before it is committed to mother earth at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba hours
later,” the NFF statement read.

The late Adefemi came into limelight six years ago when current
Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia led a group of talented Nigerian youngsters
to a second-place finish at the 2005 FIFA Under 20 World Cup in the
Netherlands.

Three years later, he featured in five matches of Nigeria’s
six-match run on the way to a second-place finish at the Beijing 2008 Olympic
Games.

He made his Super Eagles debut on May 29, 2009 in an
international friendly against the Republic of Ireland, and played a role in
securing a place for Nigeria at last year’s FIFA World cup in South Africa.

He was playing for Greek side Skoda Xanthi and had made 24 appearances for
the club before his death.