Friends Of Rugby Mourn Jobi Fele

Friends of Rugby has enjoined million of Nigerians to mourn the late Otunba Jobi Fele who died recently.

Fele was former board member of the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation from 2006 to 2009 under the chairmanship of Oba Aderemi Adedapo’s regime.

Secretary of Friends of Rugby Association, Mr. Rugby Ntiense Williams, said they received the death with a great shock and prayed for the deceased family a fortitude to bear the loss.

“His death was shocking to us because we are going to miss him for many years to come. The late Fele was a part of the Rugby Family and served when he was alive,” he said.

Williams disclosed that he had the first encounter with the late Fele in 2005 when Nigeria Rugby National Team went to Togo for Confederation of African Rugby Super 16 Championship.

“We were privileged to meet Otunba Jobi Fele through the then Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Togo Ambassador Thomas Agunyi Ironsi, who invited Otunba as a guest to cheer the Nigeria Rugby National Team to victory.

The motivation we got from the ambassador and  Fele at the stadium and in the dressing room before our match spurred us to victory against all odds, as the host, Togo tried all in their powers to ensure we lost the title as the defending champions.

On arrival back in Nigeria, I kept in touch with the ambassador and he encouraged us to contact Otunba Jobi Fele, and recommended us to him for assistance,” he said.

—Sunday Akintoye