Babangida, the president of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), told Obi how help has been coming to him through his former colleagues and Ajax Football Club.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has paid a sympathy visit to the former Super Eagles winger Tijani Babangida who was involved in a fatal motor accident last month.
The 50-year-old Babangida, who also played for Ajax football Club of Holland, broke his right leg in the accident that claimed the lives of his son and junior brother Ibrahim Babangida who also played for Nigeria in the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Cup winning team. Tijiani’s wife was also seriously injured.
Speaking after the visit, Obi said, “They made the nation proud, they made us happy with their talents, and in times like this, they deserve our sympathy and attention.
“I came to commiserate with him for the wound, for the lost ones, for the trauma and to show him that he is not forgotten.”
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Babangida, who is still nursing the injured leg, told the former governor of Anambra State that he lost his brother and his son in the accident.
Babangida, the president of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), told Obi how help has been coming to him through his former colleagues and Ajax Football Club.
The Atlanta 1996 Olympic gold medalist and the general secretary of PFAN, Emmanuel Babayaro, who was with Babangida when Obi visited, thanked him for the pleasant visit and said such a gesture was necessary to encourage the ex-player.
He thanked Obi for who he is and what he has achieved in trying to make society better.