Onigbinde, in his tribute to mark her
16th memorial on Sunday, described Alhaja Mulikat as a motivator to her
husband Teslim Balogun, who was a great asset to the nation.
“The late ‘Thunderbolt’ was full of
humour, humility, discipline and was a good mixer who showed his
dexterity in his coaching job after his playing career. This was due to
the support of his wife.”
Also, the President-General of the
Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo, described the late
Mulikat as, “A great lover who played a noble role in her husband’s
glorious soccer career.”
A former Chairman of the Lagos Island
East Local Council Development Area, Nosiru Kadiku, said Mulikat played a
major role in football development in the country, through the backing
she gave her husband.
“In 1958, when she received a passionate
appeal from the then Premier of Western Nigeria, Chief Obafemi Awolowo,
to persuade her husband to dump his British club, Queens Park Rangers,
and return to Nigeria so as to assist the Western Rovers in the quest to
win the Challenge Cup, she promptly delivered.”
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