The Nigeria Football Federation has condoled Super
Eagles’ deputy captain, Ahmed Musa on the death of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Moses
on Thursday afternoon.
Early reports indicated that Mrs. Moses died at a hospital
in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja after a brief illness.
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju
Melvin Pinnick, said the generality of Nigerian Football fraternity was taken
aback by the loss of the Super Eagles’ ace’s mum.
“This is a huge shock. It is always a thing of grief and
pain to lose either of one’s parents, no matter how old they were before they
passed on. We share in Ahmed Musa’s sorrow at this period and we pray that God
will enable him to muster the courage and give him the fortitude to bear the
loss. We also pray for the repose of the soul of the departed.
“Ahmed Musa has always shown a high level of dedication
and patriotism in all the matches he has played for Nigeria. Everyone is in
sympathy with him at this period.”
On a day that Nigerian ball fans were happy that Super
Eagles’ captain, Mikel Obi had secured a return to England having agreed terms
with Championship side Middlesborough, came the sad news of the passing of his
deputy’s mother.
The electrifying forward, thenff.com learnt, was on his
way to Jos, Plateau State on Thursday night to brief family members and
commence preparations for his mother’s final rites of passage.
NFF President Pinnick added: “I have spoken to the
Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung, who directed
that I should ensure that the player was provided with adequate security at
this period, especially his night movement to Jos. With the assistance of the
Minister, I was able to get across to security operatives in Jos and they
assured me of adequate security for Ahmed.”
Ahmed Musa remains Nigeria’s highest scorer at the FIFA
World Cup, having scored four goals in each of the last two finals (2014 and
2018), and was also a member of the Super Eagles’ squad that won the Africa Cup
of Nations in South Africa in 2013.
He had been the Super Eagles’ on-field captain since the
end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and led the team to earn qualification to this
year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals with a match to spare.
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