Former Nigeria head coach, Shuaibu Amodu, is dead.

According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amodu died on Saturday after “he could not wake up” from his sleep. He was aged 58.

The former BCC Lions coach, it was learned complained of chest pains, before he went to bed on Friday night.

“That is correct,” NFF secretary general, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, confirmed the passing away of Amodu. “He sleep and he could not wake up.”

Nigeria is still mourning the death of another former coach and legend, Stephen Keshi, who passed away on Wednesday in Benin City.

Amodu and Keshi worked together as Nigeria’s head coach and assistant coach respectively at the 2002 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Mali