A former Nigerian athlete and sports administrator, Brown Ebewele, is dead.
Ebewele popularly known as ‘Juju man’, died on Friday in Warri.
The former athletics official died after a brief illness.
The former Olympian led Team Edo to the 20th National Sports Festival in Benin City.
Ebewele, a Nigerian former national champion introduced a decathlon into the nation’s athletics in 1978, while competing as an athlete for the then Bendel State.
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Highly reputed athletics coach, Ebewele rose to become a Director and ultimately a Commissioner of Sports in Edo State during the administration of former Governor Lucky Igbinedion.
As Director of Sports, Ebewele led Team Edo to the top of the medals table, when the state hosted the 2002 edition of the Sports Festival.
Ebewele represented Nigeria at the 1978 All African Games in Algiers, and grabbed a silver medal in decathlon.