{"id":771565,"date":"2019-12-25T18:58:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T18:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/25\/kanu-nwankwo-loses-daughter-to-malaria\/"},"modified":"2019-12-25T18:58:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T18:58:38","slug":"kanu-nwankwo-loses-daughter-to-malaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/25\/kanu-nwankwo-loses-daughter-to-malaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanu Nwankwo Loses \u2018Daughter\u2019 to Malaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_688923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-688923\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-688923\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kanu-Nwankwo.jpg\" alt=\"Kanu Nwankwo\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-688923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kanu Nwankwo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kanu Nwankwo, former Super Eagles player, has revealed the loss of \u201chis daughter\u201d, Enitan, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased was said to have been one of the first beneficiaries of the Kanu Heart foundation initiatives, who had an open heart surgery when she was just 2-years old in London.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing the sad news via his Twitter page, he wrote: \u201cWhy why why one of Kanu heart foundation gone. My daughter gone gone gone I can\u2019t believe this R I P Eniton God knows all \u2026sad sad sad\u2026 Don\u2019t know what to do,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Imo State Governor Names Kanu Nwankwo As SSA On Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The wife of the former footballer,\u00a0 Amara Kanu, also revealed via her Instagram page that Enitan died of complications from malaria.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Kanu said , \u201cSad news today for me, I don\u2019t know how to take this but God knows best. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of our first @kanuheartf beneficiaries passed away. Enitan was just 2 years old when she had her open surgery done in London courtesy of the Kanu Heart Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe then became part of my family and 19 years later after completing her university studies, she came back to work with us in our Lagos office until she passed yesterday from some complications with malaria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was kind, sweet and patient. She will be missed by many. Our condolences go out to her parents and family. A reminder to love while you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanu Nwankwo Kanu Nwankwo, former Super Eagles player, has revealed the loss of \u201chis daughter\u201d, Enitan, on Tuesday. The deceased was said to have been one of the first beneficiaries of the Kanu Heart foundation initiatives, who had an open heart surgery when she was just 2-years old in London. 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