The Nigeria Football Federation also celebrated Yekini on the federation’s Twitter handle. @thenff. It shared a video of the late footballer and wrote the following words:
"Posthumous Birthday shout-out to our legend, ‘Yeking of goals,’ Late Rashidi Yekini. Power, pace and precision best describe Yekini on the pitch.
"The big man would have been 55 today. He remains the all-time top scorer of the @NGSuperEagles with 37 goals. Rest on legend!"
Yekini scored 37 goals as a Nigerian international, and represented the nation in five major tournaments, including two World Cups where he scored the country’s first-ever goal in the competition. He was also named the African Footballer of the Year in 1993.
He died on 4th May 2012 in Ibadan.