The cause of the death of Pa Osimhen is not known for now but the development has left the Super Eagles striker devastated.A statement issued Sunday said the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, had reached out to the player following the sad news.
He said: “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.
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. 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 the leadership of their AFCON qualifying pool.
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