Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has visited former Super Eagles winger Tijani Babangida who was involved in a fatal car accident last month.
Babangida, 50, broke his right leg in the accident that claimed the lives of his son and younger 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.”
Still nursing the injured leg, Babangida told the former governor of Anambra State that he lost his brother and his son in the accident.
Babangida, 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 which he starred for during his playing days.
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 visit and said such a gesture was necessary to encourage the ex-player.
