Karela United FC David Cobbina Siagha Brigidi will be laid to rest next month in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

The final burial and funeral service is set for 11th to 14th December 2018.

The ex-lawyer served as a senator of the Bayelsa state from 1999 to 2007.

He was 56. Brigidi died in London where he was battling an ailment.

A funeral service will also be held in Ghana and at his residence in Beyin in the Nzema land of the Western region between 21st and 23rd December 2018.

Multitudes of former players and current players along with football fans will throng to the Beyin to pay their last respects of the testimony of his good character.