The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has intensified its search for the truth concerning the tragic death of former Flying Eagles player Abubakar Lawal.
Lawal, a player for Ugandan club Vipers SC, died on Monday morning.
Initial reports suggested that 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 reportedly at the mall to visit a friend, a Tanzanian lady, Naima Omary, who had moved into the hotel a month earlier.
“We are not relenting in the search for truth. The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed its determination to uncover the truth, and we have also reached out to our counterparts in the Federation of Uganda Football Associations, FUFA, to assist us in finding out what really happened,” NFF Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi told thenff.com.
“The circumstances surrounding the player’s passing remain steeped in mystery, but we are committed to doing our part to shed light on it and support the Federal Government in its quest for the truth.”
Lawal was a member of the Flying Eagles squad at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.
