The spokesperson for the family, Mr. Richard Aburimen, who spoke to journalists at the premises of Faith Mediplex Hospital in Benin, said the ex-international had few days back complained of pain in his legs and was given a massage in order to relieve him.
Aburimen noted that the 54-year-old father of four, who lost his wife to cancer in 2015, later began to display signs of distress about one and a half hours after the massage.
According to him, Keshi was later rushed to a nearby hospital, Faith Mediplex, Benin, when his condition did not improve.
He said, “He (Keshi) had complained of pains in his leg for some days and they kept massaging it for him. When he complained of it yesterday (Tuesday), they massaged it for him again.
“About one and a half hours after the massaging, he was in serious distress and was gasping for breath. But by the time they arrived at the hospital, the doctor certified him dead.
“It was the nurse that first came out. She checked for his pulse and said there was no pulse in him. Doctors later came and did all the stuff they do but nothing came out of it.”
It was learnt that the late coach was scheduled to travel to the US to visit his children.
The body of the deceased coach was later transferred to the Stella Obasanjo Hospital on Sapele Road in a Mercedes-Benz car.
Aburimen, however, noted that the bereaved family would issue a statement on the outcome of an autopsy to be done by medical personnel with the Nigeria Police Force.
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