Nigeria: NFF to Honour Muda Lawal

21 July 2011

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is to honour former national team captain, Mudashiru Babatunde Lawal, who died 20 years ago this month.

One of the finest ball jugglers of his generation, the late Mudashiru Lawal was the first footballer to play in five successive African Cup of Nations finals, between 1976 and 1984, and won 86 caps for the Nigerian senior team between 1975 and 1985.

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