Ex- Rangers International Players have lamented what they called neglect by the South-East governors since their retirement from active football, contending that most of their colleagues have been abandoned to their fates.
This is coming as one of the players, a 73-year-old Kenneth Abana on Thursday was hit by partial stroke and was hospitalized.
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Speaking on behalf of other players, the pioneer goalkeeper of Old Rangers International football club and former National goalkeeper of the then Green Eagles, Mr Emmanuel Okala said that, though one or two former governors in the South-East came to their aid while the serving governors were yet to attend to their plight.
He said, “It is left for you journalist to do the crying for us under these circumstances because it has not been easy for us as old men. We know they may be packaging something for us but at the moment, they should please start doing something before we all die.”
However, Abana was rushed to a specialist hospital in Awka, Anambra state, by his family members when his health deteriorated into partial stroke on Thursday.
It would be recalled that Abana had been bedridden for the past two years as a result of acute arthritis and confined to a wheelchair provided by Senator Stella Oduah, representing Anambra North Senatorial zone.
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