Ismaila Mabo, a former coach of the Super Falcons, has died at the age of 80. His death was announced today, March 13, by his younger brother and a former Golden Eaglets star player, Salisu Nakande Mamuwa.
Mamuwa wrote:
“Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihir raji’un , i just lost my elder brother these morning, Coach Mabo Ismaila, former Chief Coach of Super Falcons of Nigeria, may Aljanna Firdausi b his final abode, Ameen thumma Ameen.” His funeral rites will hold today in Jos, Plateau State.
Ismaila was the head coach of the senior women’s national team at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.
He led Nigeria to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, the team’s best ever result.
