Ailing former Super Eagles defender Sunday Eboigbe may soon be back on his feet following the intervention of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare and Edo State Deputy Governor Comrade Philip Shuiabu.
Eboigbe had been bedridden as a result of a strange ailment that had made it impossible for the ex-Bendel Insurance of Benin player to use his limbs.
His plight reported by The Nation on Sunday, had attracted the attention of the Minister who sent a staff of the Ministry to hand him some cash and also ascertain areas of further assistance.
After due consultations, the Minister contacted the Deputy Governor who then raised a medical team to do a proper evaluation of the state of health of the former tough-tackling defender.
A medical team reportedly visited Eboigbe at his Benin City residence on Monday for proper evaluation and will soon commence treatment to get him back on his feet, even as the Minister has promised to foot the medical bill.
Eboigbe who played alongside the likes of Bright Omasaro, Stephen Keshi, Augustine Eguavoen, and Friday Elahor was a member of the silver-winning Super Eagles at the Morocco 1988 and Algiers 1990 Africa Cup of Nations.
