Former Leventis United Chief Coach, Emmanuel Okoh, is dead.
Okoh died in Lagos on Tuesday.
Aged 65, Okoh, according to a press statement endorsed on behalf of the family by Charles Okoh, the News Editor of Champion Newspapers Limited, died after a protracted illness in a Lagos hospital at 4.30am on Tuesday.
An ex-footballer, Okoh, in his playing days captained Leventis Football Club of Lagos, popularly known as the Iddo Tigers, before being made coach of the Ibadan-based all-conquering Leventis United.
Coach Okoh was voted the best coach in the country when he led Leventis United to the finals of the African Cup Winners Cup.
He also coached Calabar Rovers, Delta Steel FC, Aladja as well as Union Bank of Lagos before quitting coaching to venture into other business endeavours.
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