The funeral of Isaac Promise, the former Nigeria youth captain, took
place in the south-eastern town of Umudim, Ohekelem, Imo State.
Promise,
31, died of a suspected heart attack in early October in the United
States, according to American second-tier side Austin Bold.
Clad in black, the family gathered three months after his death to attend the burial ceremony.
Despite
representing his country at all youth level, he was buried in a low-key
ceremony with a no-show from top Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
officials.
"We sent out the programme in December, but there was
no representative from the football community," a family member told us
this,
"Imagine a former captain of Nigeria and there was no NFF representatives among the audience, and not even a former teammate.
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