{"id":273373,"date":"2011-01-10T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46034"},"modified":"2011-01-10T15:32:02","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T15:32:02","slug":"ex-nigerian-footballer-commits-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/10\/ex-nigerian-footballer-commits-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Nigerian Footballer Commits Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uche Okafor, former ace super eagles  defender, USA world cup 94, Tunisia 94 cup winning squad, has been found  hung in his Dallas home.<br \/>\nUchenna Kizito Okafor, often shortened  to Uche Okafor (8 August 1967 \u2013 6 January 2011 was a football defender  who played 34 international matches for Nigeria.<br \/>\nClose friends  say the former international showed no signs of depression and was in  cheerful mood early in the week after speaking with some of his former  team mates, including Nigeria coach Samson Siasia during the New Year  celebrations.<br \/>\nHis home has been cordoned off, as an investigation  into the circumstances surrounding his death are carried out by a US  Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uche Okafor, former ace super eagles defender, USA world cup 94, Tunisia 94 cup winning squad, has been found hung in his Dallas home. 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