Bayelsa United have announced the death of their goalkeeping coach, Ernest Teigbanyo.

The club, in a tweet on its official Twitter handle on Friday, said the late coach died after a brief illness on Thursday.

The tweet read, “Bayelsa United is extremely saddened by the report that our goalkeepers’ coach Ernest Teigbanyo has passed away after a brief illness yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this sad and difficult time.”

Bayelsa United is one of the football clubs in the Nigeria Premier Football League.

Last week, one of the referees in the NPFL, Kingsley Nnaemeke Eneogwe died in an automobile accident on the Abuja-Kogi-Enugu road after officiating in an NPFL game between Nasarawa United and Plateau United. (The PUNCH: Text, Excluding Headline)