The Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lobi Stars Football Club, Dominic Iorfa, on Monday, mourned the passage of a Referee Rafiu Opeyemi.

Iorfa in a condolence message which was obtained by Hobnob News , urged the Refree Association to be consoled that Opeyemi died a hero.

The statement partly read, “On behalf of the Management, Staff and Players mourns the sudden demise of Rafiu Opeyemi, a member of the Nigeria Referees Association, who died in a ghastly motor accident on Saturday, in Osu, Ilesha, Osun State.”

Iorfa in his condolence message to the NRA and the immediate family of the deceased described Opeyemi as a good man “who was committed to duty and even died in the course of service,” he said.

Iorfa asked God to console Opeyemi’s family and the Nigeria Football Federation.