Tag: Brown Ebewele

The Nigeria Olympian Association, Tuesday mourn the death of Olympian and multiple national athletics champion, Brown Ebewele, whose sad event took place at Warri City, Delta State, after a brief illness. The President of the Nigeria Olympian Association, Olumide Oyedeji, said that, the death of Brown Ebewele was a very shocking one to all Olympians and indeed Nigerian athletes who witnessed his dedicated duties to the advancement of sports development in Nigeria. Oyedeji noted that, the former Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria and Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Edo State, in his lifetime  contributed immensely to the development of sports in Nigeria as a whole. "Ebewele, was a sports crusader, who fought for the general interest of Olympians and other athletes in  Nigeria. He will be greatly missed." The NOA president commiserated with the late Brown Ebewele's family on the huge loss.