The 65 year old, former IICC Shooting star and Green Eagles of Nigeria footballer, Patrick Olusegun Odegbami, MON will formally join governorship race, as well as Labour party in Ogun State tomorrow Wednesday, July 18th, 2018.
Odegbami who was brought up in the northern city of Jos, Plateau State, won 46 caps and scored 23 goals for the National Team, and guided Nigeria to its first Africa Cup of Nations title at the 1980 tournament in his homeland.
He is a native of Egbaland. Odegbami would be number 17 aspirant who had signified intention to vie for 2019 governorship race.
Nicknamed Mathematical, he was famous for his skill on the ball, speed and precision of his crosses from the right wing.
He played for IICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan his entire career, from 1970 to 1984.
His last game was the 1984 African Champions Cup final defeat to Zamalek of Egypt. The original source of the nickname "Mathematical" was because Segun Odegbami attended and graduated from Nigeria's premier technical institution; The Polytechnic, Ibadan where he studied Engineering.
He established football college at Wasinmi, Ewekoro, along Lagos Abeokuta express road in Ogun State where several young and talented footballers had been discovered.
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