Tuesday 19 November 2013
NIGERIA LOSS ONE OF THE GOLDEN EAGLET UNDER 17 DEFENDER TO THE HANDS OF DEATH.
The
Nigeria Football Federation is mourning the death of former Golden Eaglets
defender Friday Njengo who died on Sunday in Abuja.
Njengo had been in intensive care at the National Hospital,
Abuja for more than nine months before finally giving up.
He was involved in an accident with one of his team-mate Adamu
Abubakar on February 3 while traveling from Jalingo to Calabar for the team’s
first phase of final camping for the African Championship.
Njengo
was a regular with the Manu Garba team during the qualifying series for the
2013 CAN U-17 Championship, during which the Eaglets won Niger Republic, Guinea
and Mali home-and-away.
“This is very sad news. We were hoping to the boy eventually
recovering to be part of the team again as the squad progresses to the next
level. It is a thing of sorrow to lose such a huge talent this way,” NFF
General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, said on Tuesday.
While Njengo sustained head injury in the accident, goalkeeper
Adamu Abubakar was luckier and was discharged after a few days. NFF President,
Alhaji Aminu Maigari, who was at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, had
ordered that Njengo be transfered from the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo to
the National Hospital, Abuja two days after the crash.
At the National Hospital, an operation was performed on the
player and he was thought to be recovering, though still suffering from memory
lapse, until his death on Sunday night.
The Nigeria Football Federation stated on Tuesday that burial
arrangements would be announced after consultations with the family.
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