Footballer, Sulley Muntari has lost his father, Alhaji Muniru.

Reports suggests that footballer’s father passed on after battling a short illness. Alhaji Muniri will be buried according to Islamic tradition.

Alhaji Muniru was a Ghanaian of Nigerian descent who lived in Konongo, located in the Asante Akyem district of the Ashanti Region. He died aged 62.

He is said to have been very influential in the football career of the former Inter Milan and AC Milan star, publicly apologizing on his behalf whenever he erred against the state or the officials of the Ghana Football Association.

He also left behind Sulley Muniru, a 24-year old footballer.