Once upon a time Wilson Oruma was a household name in Nigeria’s Super Eagles. He was among the team that won FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1993.
Oruma also played alongside stars like J J Okocha, Nnamdi Kanu and others but today things have changed for the worse for him.
He was said to have been duped by an unknown pastor and fake oil business men of N1.2b which has made him to be in a state of mental disorder ever since then.
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.
Dibofun said: “Wilson Oruma hasn’t really recovered from the emotional disorder which he suffered after he was duped.
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He has been to several places in search of a lasting solution, but it gets worse after a bit of improvement,†he said.
Oruma featured 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.
The midfield maestro 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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