Former Super Eagles
midfielder, Wilson Oruma, has suffered a relapse of the emotional disorder that
bugged him six years ago after he was defrauded by a clergy man and some fake
oil businessmen
Oruma, who was the
captain of the Golden Eaglets’ team that won the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Cup, was
lured into a fake oil business in December 2012 in which he invested a whopping
sum of N1.2billion without proper consultation after retiring from football and
he consequently lost the investment.
His bossom friend
Emakpor Dibofun revealed, “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.”
A former Nigeria
international and former Chairman of Lagos State Football Association, Waidi
Akanni, also added that plans by Oruma’s ex teammates to help resuscitate him
to normal life is ongoing.
Akanni said, “We have
contacted some of his colleagues whom he played with during his days at the
national team and there have been positive news regarding what we are trying to
do.”
“But nothing more I
can discuss publicly just yet, but he needs help.
“We just pray all goes
well, so we can help him out of this precarious situation.”
Oruma 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.
At club level, Oruma played
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.
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