A Nigerian, Henry Oja Kelechi in Assam’s Golaghat district
jail, following his arrest in March for travelling with an expired visa has
inspired other inmates to find their passion in football. For the past six months dozens of others among
the jail’s 512 inmates have been learning to play football. They play bare
feet.
"Playing football makes me very happy. I will continue to
play and teach others when I leave the jail", said the 31-year-old from
Barpathar.
The football enthusiast from Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city,
claims he was busy travelling to different places in Assam for football
coaching in schools and small clubs and forgot to extend his visa.
"I was very upset about landing in jail. But everything
changed after jail superintendent Dilip Saikia gave me a football," the
27-year-old said.
Henry began playing in the small field within the jail and
soon was joined by many male inmates, most of them convicted for murder and
drug dealing, eager to learn the most popular sport in the world, Hindustan Times
reports.
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