so sad. so bad

Nigeria’s all-time highest goal scorer, Rashidi Yekini, who died on Friday, was yes-terday buried like a ‘commoner’ in his Ira village in Kwara State, without his colleagues in the national team in attendance. He was aged 49.Apart from Ike Shorun-mi, ex-Super Eagles goal-keeper, the graveside was devoid of any high profile footballer, including his colleagues to the USA ’94 FIFA World Cup.Yekini, while in the national team, had scored a total of 37 goals in 58 matches while he became the first Nigerian to win the African Footballer of the Year in 1993.Yekini’s 37 goals for the national team is still a re-cord that is yet to be broken. He also scored the first goal for Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup, against Bulgaria, a match which the country won 3-0.Also, no official of the Nigerian Football Fed-eration (NFF) was sighted during the burial rite witnessed mostly by locals in his native home. Is this disgraceful or what? Why are we treated like this?