In Memory Of Col. J.D. Yabilsu, Nigeria Football Referees Beloved President

… In remembrance, Football Stakeholders Forum eulogize late Col. Yabilsu

By
Football Stakeholders Forum

Today, we remember you and your tenure as Nigeria Football Referees Association President, and the profound impact you had on Nigeria Football Referees Association in particular and Nigeria Football Federation.

As we honour your memory, we celebrate the beautiful soul that you were – the NRA President, the NFF 1st Vice President, FIFA Badge, CAF Referees Instructor that you were – the NRA President who love sports, members the NRA and Nigeria football advancement and who, unconditionally, supported referee and refereeing globally wholeheartedly, and left indelible mark on Nigeria Football Referees Association and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) progression.

Though it’s exactly 21 years that you left this sinful world, you remain etched in every Nigeria football lovers and indeed African referees, Nigeria referees and indeed global referee, and refereeing family will continue to cherish the treasured moment we had together.

Your memory lives on through the lives you touched in sport families, the humane, your kind hearted, the inspiration and the love that binds the Nigeria Football together.

Rest peacefully Presido! Your love lives on in the global football families, until we meet and part no more.

The beloved President! You are deeply missed and eternally loved!

-Alhaji R.S. Olawoyin (FIFA rtd, CAF Referee instructor (rtd)