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Lobi Stars’ Barnabas Imenger mourn the death of Solomon Ogbeide

Lobi Stars team manager Barnabas Imenger has stressed that it would be difficult to find a capable replacement for coach Solomon Ogbeide, who died on Monday afternoon after a brief illness.

Nigerian football was thrown into mourning when the report of the death of the veteran coach surfaced.

Imenger said he has worked closely with coach Ogbeide since 2017, describing his professionalism as unmatched by any of their former coaches.

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“The news of his death was shocking and it hit the players with a state of disbelief because it was the least we expected of him to die at this period,” Imenger told Goal.