Tijani Babangida, who played for Roda and Ajax, died in a terrible accident on the road that connects Kaduna and Zaria in Nigeria, while his brother Ibrahim is in critical condition, according to initial information.
Consternation
Haruna, another of his brothers, reached the lower categories of the Barcelona, becoming one of the promises of world football. Ibrahim started in the Eredivisie, when he was part of the Volendam.
Tijani was 50 years old and Ibrahim is 47, but the accident has left the family devastated.
“According to reports from Nigeria, Ibrahim has died and Tijani is in critical condition, although conscious. Tijani’s wife and an employee were also traveling in the car, who have also been taken to the hospital,” said the newspaper Marca.
“Comrades! “Let us pray for our President, Tijani Babangida, who just suffered a terrible car accident on the Kaduna-Zaria Eoad highway,” he said Emmanuel Babayaro, Tijani’s former teammate and general secretary of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN).
“The eldest Babangida, it is worth remembering, was capped 36 times for Nigeria (5 goals). His greatest success with the ‘Super Eagles’ was winning Olympic gold in Atlanta ’96,” Marca stated.
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