A top Nigerian sports analyst, Kayode Tijani, is dead.
Platforms Africa reports that Tijani, known during his lifetime as Sports encyclopedia, died on Wednesday evening at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
A statement shared by Tajudeen Adebanjo, a journalist with The Nation newspapers in which Tijani’s death was confirmed, noted that he has been ill before his death.
“We are bereaved 🤦🏼♂️ we lost our brother, Kayode Tijani, a great sports analyst and elder brother of our sister, Dr Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle, LASU Senior Lecturer and the National Welfare Officer of University of Lagos Muslim Alunmi (UMA),” the statement read.
“Mr Tijani, who has been illl, died on Wednesday, February 7, evening at LASUTH. May Allah forgive his shortcomings and admit him to paradise.
“Burial holds tomorrow, February, January 8th, at Atan Cemetery (Muslim Side), Yaba, at 2pm,” the statement concluded.
