Ex-goalkeeper needs N5m for heart surgery

Paul Obiako, a former national goalkeeper and retired football coach, is now looking for five million Naira in order to undergo heart surgery.

Obiako, a member of the Christ the King Church (CKC) team which won the 1977 World Schools Football competition in Dublin, Ireland said he was in need of financial assistance.

“The ailment was first diagnosed in 2015, but it was mildly treated then,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka.
“I managed it until 2020 when it deteriorated and I became increasingly weak.’’

Obiako, who played for Rangers International FC of Enugu between 1979 and 1989, said he now needed surgery to correct the problem: “The surgery needed to correct the heart enlargement requires a sum of five million Naira which I cannot afford, having retired from active service.

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“So, I need the financial assistance of all Nigerians so that I can come out of this sickness and live a normal life again. Please, I need help,” he said.

Obiako who is presently admitted at the Heartland Cardiovascular Consultant Hospital in Abuja was coach of the state’s football team before his retirement.