President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick yesterday described late Amodu Shuaibu as “the man whose name is synonymous with the Super Eagles,” in acknowledgment of the tactician’s four –time stint with the Nigeria senior team.

The former BCC Lions, El-Kanemi Warriors, Shooting Stars and Orlando Pirates technician died in his sleep in the early hours of Saturday, after complaining of chest pains on Friday night. He was known to be hypertensive, and had rejected taking over the Super Eagles’ coaching job in February on this ground.

Amodu took charge of the Super Eagles for the first time in 1994, at the age of 36, and would go ahead to take charge of the team in 1999, 2001-2002 and 2008-2010.