The burial arrangements of former Super Eagles’ goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, has been announced by his family with a service of songs and public presentation of his biography holding on Thursday, August 21st.
Both the service of songs and presentation of his biography will hold between 4:30pm and 7;30pm at the Rasaki Raji Estate Field in the Amuwo-Odofin suburb of Lagos. His funeral mass, according to the family, will hold on Friday, August 22nd at the Catholic Church of Visitation in Festac Town, Lagos while his interment will be at Ikoyi Cemetery.
Fondly called “Dodo Mayana” during his heyday, Rufai died on Thursday, July 3 in Lagos after a brief illness. He was reportedly 61 years old.
He was Nigeria’s goalkeeper at the FIFA World Cup, featuring at the 1994 tournament in the United States and again in France in 1998. He played a pivotal role in Nigeria’s victorious 1994 Africa Cup of Nations campaign and earned over 60 caps for the national team during his career.
After retiring from professional football, Rufai devoted himself to youth and grassroots development through his sports organization, Staruf Sports Development Limited. His contribution to football, both on and off the pitch, remains widely respected.
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