Chidi Ofor-Okenwa, the Chairman of the Enugu State Football Association (ENSFA) is dead.
The media officer of Rangers Football Club, Norbert Okolie and a very close member of the family, who pleaded anonymity confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday.
They told NAN that Ofo-Okenwa died in his residence at the early hours of Tuesday after an undisclosed illness.
NAN reports that Okenwa had been in active service as the ENSFA chairman and Chairman of Nigeria National League (NNL).
The long seasoned versatile football administrator was also a board member of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
He was survived by his wife, Chika Ofo-Okenwa, a marketing officer with the News Agency of Nigeria.