Unknown to many, football great, late Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’ momentarily inspired ceasefire at the peak of the Nigerian civil war.

At the peak of his fame, Pele was commended for inspiring a momentary ceasefire during the Nigerian civil war in the late sixties.

The football legend arrived in Nigeria with Santos FC during the Biafra civil war to play a couple of friendly matches with a selected Nigeria XI.

And Pele’s presence encouraged the government forces and the freedom fighters to agree to a pause in hostilities so that Pele’s Santos could play.

The infamous incident inspired the concept behind Santos’s third kit released a few months ago ahead of the 2022-2023 season.

Pelé passed away aged the age of 82 after years of battling colon cancer.