Nigerian players’ union writes police, demands release of kidnapped footballers

The National Association of Nigerian Professional Footballers (NANPF) led by Tijani Babangida, has written a letter of complaint to the Ondo state Commissioner of Police over the kidnap of Enyimba of Aba player Dayo Ojo and Iluyomade Benjamin of Abia Comets, Sunday March 22 along Ajangbale, Ifon road, on their way to Akure, the Ondo state capital.

According to a release signed by General Secretary of  NANPF, Comrade Austin Popo, the Ondo state chapter chairman of NANPF and captain of Sunshine Stars football club Abe Sunday, made the official report of the kidnapping to the Ondo State Police on behalf of the players’ union.

The letter demanded that the police step quickly into the matter and help rescue the kidnapped footballers.

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