The Edo State femost ex athlete, and sports adminstrator, Brown Ebewele, who is popularly called ‘Juju man’is dead, he died on Friday in Warri, Delta state after a brief illness
The former Olympian led Team Edo to the 20th National Sports Festival.
Ebewele,
a Nigerian former national champion introduced decathlon into the nation’s athletics in 1978, while competing as an athlete for the then Bendel State.Highly reputed athletics coach, Ebewele rose to become a Director and ultimately a Commissioner of Sports in Edo State during the administration of former Governor Lucky Igbinedion.
