The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has vowed to unravel the circunstances surrounding the tragic death of former Nigeria U20 player, Abubakar Lawal, in Uganda on Monday.
TheHintsNews reports that Lawal died on Monday with initial reports claiming he died in a motorbike accident, and later in a car crash.
However, hours later, the Ugandan Police stated that he actually died after falling from the third floor of a hotel at the Voicemail Shopping Mall in Bwebajja.
He was said to have been at the mall to visit a friend, Tanzanian lady Naima Omary, who moved into the hotel a month earlier.
But NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi disclosed this during media briefing on Friday in Abuja.
He noted that the country’s football-ruling body assured that it would not relent until the truth is unveiled on the cause of the player’s death.
Sanusi noted: “We are not relenting in the search for truth. The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed the determination to dig out the truth, and ourselves have reached out to our counterparts in the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) to help us find out the truth.
“The circumstances surrounding the player’s passing remain steeped in mystery, but we are committed to doing the little we can to shed light on it and help the Federal Government in its quest for truth.”
Lawal was a member of the Nigeria squad at the FIFA U20 World Cup finals in New Zealand 10 years ago, and was a key player for Ugandan elite division club Vipers FC before his demise.