The Nigeria Football Federation has proposed to organisers of the Nigeria versus Senegal international friendly on Thursday to allow Super Eagles players wear black arm bands and observe a minute silence in honour of those that lost their lives in a suspected terror attack in Westminster, central London on Wednesday.
This was announced on the Super Eagles official Twitter handle on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday Four people were killed and dozens injured when a suspected terrorist drove through pedestrians on Westminster bridge, killing three members of the public before stabbing a 48-year-old man to death.
Following Wednesday's sad incident, the NFF has called on the organisers to allow the players pay their respect to the victims of the attack.
"We've proposed to organizers of today's friendly vs Senegal, that our players wear black bands & observe a minute silence for #Westminster," the Super Eagles handle was quoted.
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ReplyDeleteonce again honoring foreign attacks . Where is the armband for the deaths in Borno and boko haram killings here at home? Honestly, there is something parasitic and wrong with our heads in this country. Once again, you just proved to them that our lives are meaningless in comparison to ours..smh
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Imagine the situation where buhari is the President and el-rufai is the vice.
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Only four piple were killed by terrorist attack. Buhari even sent his condolence message to them. But till now he hasn't show any sympathy for the thousand of innocent nigerians who lost their lives through the hausa fulani's killing.
ReplyDeleteImagine the situation where buhari is the President and el-rufai is the vice.
DeleteWhat do you think Nigeria would have turned to?
It's really pathetic how African leaders has accepted before the white man how less human is the Blackman.
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