FORMER Super Eagles winger and current President of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), Tijani Babangida, was on Thursday involved in an auto crash that led to the death of his younger brother, Ibrahim Babangida, on the spot.
Tijani, who drove the car, his wife and his son have been hospitalised after he accidentally ran into a moving trailer along Kaduna -Zaria Road.
His former teammate, Emmanuel Babayaro, who is the General Secretary of PFAN, who broke the news, said: “Comrades! Let us be in prayers for our president, Tijani Babangida, who just had a ghastly motor accident along the Kaduna-Zaria Road.
“The accident happened while they were on their way to Zaria from Kaduna.
“Ibrahim Babangida, his younger brother, died on the spot from the accident, while Mr. President (Babangida) and his family were taken to the hospital.
“May the soul of Ibrahim Babangida rest in peace with God. Amen.”
The late Ibrahim, 47, a retired footballer himself, was a member of the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning Golden Eagles squad in Japan.
He featured for local sides, Bank of the North, Stationery Stores and Katsina United on the domestic scene before joining Dutch side, Volendam, in 1997.
