The secretariat of Nationwide League One has commiserated with Delta Football Association over the death of Timi Ebikagboro, a board member of the Delta State FA and a veteran sports journalist, who passed on at the early hours of Friday.
The Chief Operating Officer of NLO, Olusola Ogunnowo said that the news of the death of the ace broadcaster came as a rude shock and stakeholders of football in Nigeria pray that God give his family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.
“We were shocked and deeply saddened with the untimely death of Timi Ebikagboro, a passionate football stakeholder in Delta state and in Nigeria as a whole. We just want to pray that God Almighty in his infinite mercies will give his wife, children, loved ones and Delta F.A the fortitude to bear this loss, strengthen and comfort everyone over his sudden demise,” Ogunnowo said.
Ebikagboro was the Media Officer of the Dream Team, Olympic team tutored by Samson Siasia that won the bronze medal at the football event of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
He is survived by a wife, three young sons, and aged parents. He was 47 years at the time of his death.
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