Fifteen players of Nigerian professional league club, FC Jimeta of Adamawa, died in a road accident around Akwanga, northcentral Nigeria, on Sunday morning.
"The team were on their way to Abuja for a professional league match," explained Mohamed Sanusi, head of competition of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
"Their bus was involved in an accident and 11 players died on the spot while four others died in hospital. Two other players are on danger list."
The team bus hit a road block, somersaulted before plunging into a ditch.
The team were billed to play a league game Sunday against Prisons FC of Abuja.
In December, 18 female players were killed when their team bus was also involved in an accident.
Monday, January 26, 2009
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