Browsing: Festus Bolaji Okubule

Okubule, who was the second Nigerian referee to officiate at the Africa Cup of Nations after Sunny Woghiren in 1974, was nicknamed ‘Showboy’ for his demonstrative stance on the pitch and his immaculate dressing. He refereed at the 1986 Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Egypt.

Okubule, according to his daughter, Shola Taiwo, breathed his last on Tuesday evening in a Lagos State hospital.