Peter Fregene, tsohon golan Green Eagles wanda aka fi sani da “Flying Cat” saboda iyawarsa da juriyarsa a filin wasa ya tabbatar da mutuwar Peter Fregene a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata ta hannun wani babban abokinsa kuma tsohon dan wasan duniya, Segun Odegbami.
Fregene ya mutu bayan doguwar jinya, matarsa, Tina, da ‘ya’yansa biyu sun kewaye shi. Yana da shekaru 79 a duniya.
Fitaccen dan wasan kwallon kafa na Najeriya, Fregene ya wakilci kasar a gasar Olympics a kasar Mexico a shekarar 1968 kuma ya kasance wani muhimmin bangare na tawagar kasar a shekarun 1960 da 70s.
Hankalinsa mai kaifi da ba da umarni ya sa ake masa lakabi kamar ‘Apo’ da ‘Flying Cat,’ wanda ya tabbatar da matsayinsa na daya daga cikin mafi kyawun masu tsaron gida a tarihin kwallon kafa a Najeriya.
A wata sanarwa da ya fitar a ranar Lahadi, Odegbami ya ce, “ ‘yan mintoci kadan da suka gabata, Peter ‘Apo’ Fregene, OLY, tsohon mai tsaron gida na kungiyar Green Eagles ta Najeriya, wanda ya shafe mako guda yana tallafa wa rayuwarsa, ya rasu ya gana da mahaliccinsa.
“Ya mutu a hankali a gaban ‘ya’yansa biyu da matarsa mai sadaukarwa, Tina.”
“A madadin dukkan tsararraki na ‘yan wasan kwallon kafa na Najeriya, ‘yan wasan Olympics, ‘yan wasa, danginsa, abokansa, magoya bayansa, da kuma wasu ‘yan Najeriya masu ban sha’awa da suka yi zanga-zanga a hankali tare da goyon bayansu, addu’o’i da kuma nufin mahaliccin Duniya, sun kiyaye shi. a raye har zuwa wannan dare, na ce babban ‘na gode,’ ” Odegbami ya kara da cewa.