Front-line tennis promoter, Chris
Enahoro is dead. He passed on yesterday morning in his Lagos home. He was 80.
Until his death, he was the coordinator of the Chevron Tennis Masters, reputed
to be the production line of today’s top tennis players. Enahoro, a former
schoolboy athlete, who in the 1950s and early 60s held the West African high
jump record, reportedly died after a brief illness.
Recounting the last moment of the deceased, his Personal Assistant, Razak
Adedigba, said Enahoro was last attended to by his doctor on Wednesday “When
the doctor came on Wednesday, he attended to him and told him to rest. He later
woke up in the evening to have his dinner and told me he was getting better.
“Early today, (yesterday), he woke up at 5.00 a.m. to visit the toilet on his
own, after which he told me to help him to lie down on the floor. I switched on
the fan for him, but he died around 6:30 a.m.” In his tribute, President of the
Nigeria Tennis Federation, Sani Ndanusa, said Enahoro represented the soul of
Nigerian tennis.
“For us, he was more like the soul of Nigerian tennis because
of his concentration on junior tennis development, which is the foundation of
the game. “We have lost a very important person. It has shaken the tennis
family to its foundation. We are shocked to the marrow. He was a genuine tennis
developer, who had an open heart and open hand. He would be missed”, added
Ndanusa.
He’s survived by two children, a man and a lady, who live in London,
as well as his younger brother, Greg Enahoro.
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