NFF Condoles NRA over the death of Referee Kingsley Eneogwe

The Nigeria Soccer Federation has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the demise on Thursday of a Nigeria Premier Soccer League referee, Dr. Kingsley Nnaemeka Eneogwe in an vehicle accident on the Abuja-Kogi-Enugu street.

“That is one demise that gnaws on the coronary heart actual tight. A younger man together with his life forward of him, somebody doing so nicely in his career and in his avocation, and had labored arduous to earn the respect of colleagues and acquaintances throughout board.

“I’m in deep shock and sorrow,” a flustered President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau mentioned in Algeria the place he’s attending the continuing African Nations Championship as a visitor of the Confederation of African Soccer

Gusau added: “I pray that Almighty God will forgive him his sins and provides him everlasting relaxation, and likewise grant these he has left behind together with his speedy household, mates and relations, members of the refereeing household, the NRA and Nigeria Soccer as a complete the fortitude to bear this huge loss.”

Eneogwe, a practising medical physician, had been a part of the officiating crew for the midweek Nigeria Premier Soccer League match between Nasarawa United FC and Plateau United FC on the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Wednesday, 1st February 2023. He was returning to his base earlier than the unlucky accident.