Shooting Stars Looses Player To Stray Bullet

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!