FOUR years on, daughters of the late Nigeria foremost striker, Rashidi Yekini have urged Nigerians to unravel the death of their dad. Addressing the press in Lagos on Wednesday, the daughters of the former Super Eagles goal merchant, Yemisi, 21, and Omoyemi, 18, said they were yet to ascertain the cause of their dad's demise.

"To be honest with you I was in Portugal two years ago on vacation and decided to visit Victoria Setubal, the club I heard my late dad played for. After I introduced myself, I was shocked by the warm reception I got and the following week, I was invited to watch one of their matches.

"At half time, I was allowed to address the mammoth crowd after the club official had spoken glowingly about him and later presented a huge action portrait of my dad while playing for them. I was also presented a jersey with his name boldly inscribed at the back of the jersey. "Unfortunately when I got to Nigeria for the second time now, I haven't seen such reception. I haven't seen anything that shows that this man was really great in his lifetime.

"'The most shocking thing is that people were expecting us, the children to ask what really killed our father because till now, we don't know what killed him. In a normal society, the country is the one to do the finding for us and feed us back. It is painful," Yemisi, an undergraduate of Cinematography from the Leicester City University, England told journalists in Lagos. Omoyemi, however, in her remarks relived the trauma she went through after she heard that people began to say that her dad died of mental illness.

"There was nothing wrong with my father mentally, I was always with him when I was on holidays and this was a man who always drives himself around and never made trouble with anybody. For him to have been abducted in the name of seeking treatment for him to the extent that he died in the process is still a thing of concern to me and we really want an answer to this," Omoyemi said. The duo further declared that no pressure from the extended family would make them sell their dad's house in Ibadan, as it remains the only legacy that binds them (children) together.

"We want Nigerians to support The Rashidi Yekini Foundation which is already on the ground and we would love to turn the house in Ibadan to a museum where people can come and visit besides, it's the only physical legacy left behind by our father for us. We both lived with him in the house during his time and we cannot let go off the property for anyone.

"Our father left behind two houses, One in Ijagbo where his mum stays and she has been collecting the rent which we never bothered ourselves with. So why would anyone pressure his lawyer (Barrister Jubril Mohammed) to sell the one in Ibadan which belongs to us?"