A former international who played at two AFCON finals has disclosed how his drug ban while playing for PSL club led to death, divorce, suicidal thoughts, and a missed opportunity to be teammates with David Beckham. Read more ▶️
Former Benin international Jonas Oketola in action on debut for Thanda Royal Zulu against Kaizer Chiefs before his drug ban.
"After Thanda received that letter about that I had been banned they terminated my contract and chased me out of the place where I was staying and sent me away on the first flight," Oketola tellsOketola spent a year at Thanda but initially didn’t play for the first six months . "The truth about what happened is that I had a knee operation in Durban and when I went to Nigeria, I was given some painkillers which I brought back.
"Why would I have intentionally taken drugs for when I had gone to the AFCON finals twice without using drugs?"What hurts the most is that when I was banned, I was just three months away from moving to LA Galaxy in the USA where I would have played with David Beckham," says Oketola.Oketola – born in Abomey, Benin to a Nigerian father and a Beninese mother was forced to go back to Nigeria where he did his schooling and started his career.
"The truth is that even up to now I’m still suffering, and I only get to forget about my troubles when I play in the All-Stars game and have some beer afterward."I have four kids, but they are scattered all over because of the sad way life has happened for me.
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