Tragedy
struck over the weekend as Izu Joseph, a player with Shooting Stars of Ibadan
was hit and killed by a stray bullet in Bayelsea state.
The
deceased defender, Izu Joseph, was part of the Oluyole Warriors which finished
14th at the just concluded 2015/2016 season of the Nigerian Professional
Football League, NPFL.
This
was made known by a club statement on the official webiste of shooting stars,
the club wrote, “A Shooting STAR is gone! Izu Joseph is gone! Flamboyant defender
is gone! RIP, brother. What a life! May God strengthen his family #Tragedy.”
It
was alleged that the defender was hit by a bullet as officers of the Joint Task
Force, JTF, engaged militants of the restive Niger Delta in a long-drawn
face-off on Sunday, October 16.
Joseph
joined the Ibadan outfit two seasons ago from Bayelsa United when the Ibadan
club were still in the second-tier Nigeria National League, NNL.
Rest
in peace!
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