The body of the former footballer has been laid to rest in
the Somali police school cemetery on Sunday, where Somali FA and NOCSOM officials,
former national team members and fans attended the funeral service which held before
noon on Sunday.
The national hero was admitted to Daamey hospital in
Mogadishu by late December where he has been receiving treatment, before passing
away on Saturday evening due to severe diabetes, according to medical sources.
"Today, the SFF is announcing the loss of another great hero who contributed to Somali football in both as national team member and player for one of the country’s most popular football clubs in 1980s” Somali Football Federation President Abdiqani Said Arab told the burial service earlier on Sunday.
"On behalf of the entire members of Somali football
family, I am sending a heart-felt sympathy to the father of the late player,
his family, teammates and to the rest of Somali people for the loss of such a
hero” president Abdiqani Said Arab added.
The president announced three days of national mourning
and became the first person to sign at the book of condolence launched at the
Somali Football Federation headquarters.
Ocean stars playmaker in 1960s and current Somali NOC executive
committee member Haji Mohamed Ahmed Olow told the burial service that he knew
the late player since from the very beginning of his football career rating him
as one of the best players in his era.
He termed the death of the late Ahmed Muse Nur as a very
touching experience which came less than a year after the country lost its
first national team captain Mohamed Qalaf Aden Shangole who died in Mogadishu
in July last year.
By Omar Mohamud Wardere
Somali Football Federation Media Department
Email:somalifootballmedia@gmail.com