Former Super Eagles midfielder
Wilson Oruma is now said to be in a status of mental disorder six years after
he was reportedly defrauded by a clergyman.
Oruma was one of the Nigerian
football stars who made millions in the round leather game, but he was reported
to have been duped by a clergyman and some fake oil businessmen.
The 41-year-old midfielder who
played alongside Austin Jay Jay Okocha and former Arsenal striker Kanu Nwankwo
in the Super Eagles retired from football in 2010.
He was said to have invested a
whopping sum of N1.2 billion without proper consultation after retiring from
football and he consequently lost the investment.
His close friend Emakpor Dibofun
has been reported to have told Complete Sports that the former Super Eagles
star is yet to recover from the fortune he lost to fraudsters.
“Wilson Oruma hasn’t really
recovered from the emotional disorder which he suffered after he was duped.
“He has been to several places in search of a
lasting solution, but it gets worse after a bit of improvement.” he said.
The report also stated that many
of Wilson Oruma's former teammates at the Super Eagles have been contacted, and
there are plans for his condition to be resuscitated.
Wilson Oruma starred for RC Lens,
Nancy, Samsunspor, Nimes, Servette, Sochaux, Marseille and Guingamp, and Kavala
FC of Greece before he retired at the age of 33 on November 26, 2010.
He also featured for Nigeria’s
U-17, U-23 and the senior national team winning the FIFA U-17 World Cup in
1993, the Olympic gold in 1996 and two bronze medals at the African Cup of
Nations in 2002 and 2006.
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