Nigeria, April 12 -- The former Nigeria national team captain and ex-coach, Christian Chukwu, is dead.

He was 74 years old.

The death of the football legend, known by many of his peers and the football community as "Chairman," was broken on Saturday by one of his ex teammates, Segun Odegbami.

Chukwu died Saturday morning as shared by Odegbami.

On his Facebook page, Odegbami wrote, "My Chairman has passed on.

"I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, 'Chairman' Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and team mate, one of the greatest football players in Nigeria's football history, former captain and coach of Nigeria's national football team, has passed on.

"Babuje, Emmanuel Okala, MON, gave me the sad news a...