The Nigeria Olympian Association, Tuesday mourns the death of Olympian and multiple national athletics champion, Brown Ebewele, whose sad event took place at Warri City, Delta State, after a brief illness.
The President of the Nigeria Olympian Association, Olumide Oyedeji, said that the death of Brown Ebewele was a very shocking one to all Olympians and indeed Nigerian athletes who witnessed his dedicated duties to the advancement of sports development in Nigeria.
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Oyedeji noted that the former Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria and Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Edo State, in his lifetime contributed immensely to the development of sports in Nigeria as a whole.
“Ebewele was a sports crusader, who fought for the general interest of Olympians and other athletes in Nigeria. He will be greatly missed.”
The NOA president commiserated with the late Brown Ebewele’s family on the huge loss.
The former Olympian led Team Edo to the 20th National Sports Festival in Benin City.
Ebewele, a Nigerian former national champion, introduced decathlon into the nation’s athletics in 1978, while competing as an athlete for the then Bendel State.
Highly reputed athletics coach and activist, he rose to become a Director and ultimately a Commissioner for Sports in Edo State during the administration of former Governor Lucky Igbinedion.
As Director of Sports, Ebewele piloted Team Edo to the top of the medals table, when the state hosted the 2002 edition of the Sports Festival.
