The corpse of late Nigerian footballer, Olubayo Adefemi is expected to arrive Nigeria tonight. The defender passed on last Monday following an automobile crash in Greece on his way to the airport to catch a flight back to Nigeria.
Now, a week after his death, the defender's remains is scheduled to arrive the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The body will be flown into Nigeria aboard an Alitalia Airline flight from Rome, Italy and is expected to touch down at about 8pm local time.
Family members, fans and sympathizers of the late football star will be at the airport to receive Adefemi's remains.
Officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), according to a statement from the Abuja secretariat of the football body, will also be at the airport to receive the remains of the late footballer which will thereafter be taken to a morgue in Yaba, a suburb of Lagos.
To be buried Thursday
The statement from the NFF, also disclosed that the late international will be buried on April 28 in Lagos.
The statement further disclosed that Adefemi's remains will lie-in-state at the Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos, while interment takes place later in the day at the Atan Cemetery, in Yaba.
"It has been confirmed that the player's corpse would lie-in-state at the Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere on Thursday morning before it is committed to mother earth at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba hours later," the NFF statement read.
The late Adefemi came into limelight six years ago when current Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia led a group of talented Nigerian youngsters to a second-place finish at the 2005 FIFA Under 20 World Cup in the Netherlands.
Three years later, he featured in five matches of Nigeria's six-match run on the way to a second-place finish at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
He made his Super Eagles debut on May 29, 2009 in an international friendly against the Republic of Ireland, and played a role in securing a place for Nigeria at last year's FIFA World cup in South Africa.
He was playing for Greek side Skoda Xanthi and had made 24 appearances for the club before his death.
