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The Nigeria Football
Federation has reached out to Super Eagles’ forward, Victor Osimhen who lost
his father on Saturday evening, expressing grief and a groundswell of sorrow
among the Nigerian Football family over the passing of the patriarch of the Osimhen
family.
Reports said Mr. Patrick
Osimhen, 80, died in Lagos on Saturday night after a brief illness.
President of the Nigeria
Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick was the first to reach out to the
player following the outbreak of the sad news, and he assured the former U17
World Cup winner of the empathy and support of the country’s football family at
this challenging moment for the youngster and his family.
“I have spoken to Victor
Osimhen and expressed the sorrow of the NFF and the entire Nigerian Football
family. His club, Lille OSC of France have given him a private aircraft to come
to Nigeria to be with his family and probably for the burial rites. We have
applied for landing permit but we are yet to get this. However, we are still on
it and hopeful for the sake of the young lad.
“The loss of either parent
is usually a moment of heartbreak for anyone. We condole with Victor (Osimhen)
at this moment and pray that God will grant his late father eternal rest, while
also granting the family the fortitude to bear the great loss.”
Osimhen is the record holder
for number of goals at the FIFA U17 World Cup, after winning the top scorer at
the 2015 finals in Chile with 10 goals as the Golden Eaglets cruised to a fifth
title, and has scored four goals for Nigeria at senior level, including three
in the Super Eagles’ 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin
Republic and Lesotho late last year. He was involved in all four goals against
Lesotho in Maseru, scoring two and providing assists for the other two as
Nigeria got a firm hold on leadership of their AFCON qualifying pool.
He has also shone for the
U23 team, scoring three of four goals that turned the table against Libya in a
2019 U23 AFCON qualifying second round fixture.
The gangling forward has
scored 19 goals in all competitions for French Ligue 1 club, Lille OSC this
season, prompting keen interest from top teams in England and Germany for his
services.
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