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SP Sunday Bada MON, is dead. Until his death, Bada, who until his death was the technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), slumped and died in Lagos on Monday 12th December 2011 evening. The quarter miler, won three medals at World Indoor Championships, including a gold medal in 1997 at the Paris event. He also won silver medals at the 1993 (Toronto) and 1995 (Barcelona) competitions
Moreover, he was part of the Nigerian team that won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics. Nigeria established a national record time of 2:58.68 minutes in that race.
He set his personal best record of 44.63 seconds at the 1993 World Championships where he finished fifth. This is the second fastest time by a Nigerian sprinter, after Innocent Egbunike best of 44.17 s. Bada's indoor best of 45.51 s is still the African record for the event
Late Sunday Bada was born on June 22, 1969 in Kwara State, he was the first Commander of the Joint Border patrol between Nigeria and Benin Republic

MAY HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN PEACE
