By Osahon Osahon
A former Commissioner for Sports in Edo State, Brown Ebewele, is dead.
Popularly known as Juju Man, the astute sports administrator was said to have died at a private hospital in Warri, Delta State, after a successful surgery.
Ebewele who was former Olympian and former national champion, led Team Edo to the 20th National Sports Festival.
The highly reputed athletics coach who introduced Decathlon into the nation’s athletics in 1978, while competing as an athlete for the then Bendel State.
He rose to become a Director and was later appointed Commissioner for Sports in Edo State during the administration of former Governor Lucky Igbinedion.