Obi Visits Injured Babangida, Ex-super Eagles’ Player

The former presidential candidate of the Labour Party Mr. Peter Obi, on Thursday, paid sympathy visit to the former Super Eagles’ winger Tijiani Babangida who was involved in a fatal motor accident last month.

Babangida who also played for Ajax FC of Holland, broke his right leg in the accident that claimed the lives of his son and younger brother Ibrahim, also a member of Nigeria’s ’93 FIFA U-17 World Cup winning team, while his wife was seriously injured.

Obi said the visit was to commiserate with him for the injuries he sustained, and for the lost of loved ones, and to show him that he is not forgotten.

A statement by his spokesperson Yunusa Tanko, quoted the former Anambra State governor of saying that Babangida and his colleagues made the nation proud, adding, “they made us happy with their talents, and in times like this, they deserve our sympathy and attention.”

Babangida who is the President of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria, told Obi how help has been coming to him through his former colleagues and club in Holland.

Emmanuel Babayero, an Atlanta ’96 Olympic gold medalist who is the General Secretary of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria, who was with Tijiani when Obi visited, thanked him for the pleasant visit and said such a gesture is necessary to encourage the ex-players.