Christian Chukwu Jnr, first son of legendary Super Eagles player and coach, the late Christian Chukwu, has spoken on the man’s attributes.
According to Chukwu Junior, the deceased was very big outside but made himself very approachable at home.
He described the player and coach popularly called ‘Chairman’ as calm and easy to relate with.
In an interview with ‘The Punch’, Chukwu Jnr said: “He was a very calm, loving and caring father. He was good in listening to us the children, even to the extent we were surprised by the way people respected him more than the way we respected him. It was like he had authority outside but with us he made everything easy, very easy with us.
“He didn’t bring his chairman status to the home, in the house, he was very calm. He solved our problems when we had any. It was because of us he retired from coaching outside the country. He coached so much outside – Kenya, Lebanon, Algeria – and it was because of us that he decided to take a break to come down and stay with us and train us. He tried his best as a family man, he was a good and wonderful father.”
