The former President of the Nra, Otunba Tade Azeez D! Eg, nff cries

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) expressed enormous shock and deep sadness for the death on Friday of the former president of the Association of Referees of Nigeria, Otunba Tade Azeez.

It has been reported that Otunba Azeez gave up the ghost at 2.45 pm on Friday 25^th April 2025, after a short illness.

A secretary general not perforated of Nigeria Football Federation, dr. Mohammed Sanusi, could not easily understand when for the first time the death of Otunba Azeez, who was also vice -president of the Lagos State Football Association during the mandate of the former NFF 1^st Vice President, Barr. Seyi Akinwunmi.

“What? You are serious? This is shocking; we didn’t even know it was sick. Another great loss for the fraternity of Nigerian football. Just a few days ago, we were mourning for the death of the former referee of Fifa Bosede Momoh. This is devastating.

“There is nothing that we can do except to remember, with affectionate memories, his great contribution to the development of the football of Nigeria, which has made with the utmost dedication, discipline, diligence and commitment. We pray that God will guarantee him eternal rest and also grants all those who left behind, including friends, family, the family of arrogation, the fortity to bear the loss.”

Avuncular, vibrant, dignified and endowed with people’s skills, the 63 years was an eminent stakeholder in the football of Nigeria and continued to contribute immensely to the game even after leaving the task as president of the Nra, accepting to be president of the top of the top of the top of the Football Cup.

Azeez was a high -level referee at his days before retiring, and then became the leader of the referees’ body, during which he oscillated transformative programs that firmly positioned the Nra to meet the needs of the technological era.

It was also in the middle of things during the extraordinary era of Seyi Akinwunmi in the Lagos State Football Association, which positively redefined the development of football, improvement and sustainability in the state.