Former Super Eagles star finally explains heartbreaking reason that made him become taxi driver

• Kingsley Obiekwu was among the Nigerian super players who won gold in football at the 1996 Olympics
• Recently, the former Enugu Rangers star turned to a commercial taxi driver as a means of livelihood
• The 47-year-old who got N2 million from Ahmed Musa explained that things have been difficult for him

Former Nigeria international Kingsley Obiekwu has finally spoken about his current situation claiming that he became a commercial bus driver when means of livelihood was hard for him.

Kingsley Obiekwu recorded his name in the history books of Nigerian football when he won goal medal in soccer at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

After retiring from football, the former Enugu Rangers' star decided to move into coaching, but things were hard for him as none of the biggest Nigerian clubs came for his service.

And recently, the news of his ordeal got to Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa who then dropped the sum of N2 million to support the former Nigerian player.

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According to the report on GOAL, Kingsley Obiekwu confirmed that he got the money from Ahmed Musa stressing that he had no choice than to become a driver.

Kingsley Obiekwu's reaction

“The story is absolutely true, there is no lie about it. I had to open up on my situation to people because I needed help.

“It was not an easy thing to do, but I had to summon very great courage because things are very tough.

“The club I manage is Ingas and we play in NLO 1, we don’t train every day – we train Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. So Tuesdays and Thursdays, I’m always free and I use those days to go for my transport business.”

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Between the year 1996-1999, Kingsley Obiekwu played eight games for the Super Eagles of Nigeria without scoring any goal.

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