{"id":16247,"date":"2019-10-02T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=16247"},"modified":"2019-10-02T16:08:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:08:02","slug":"two-nigerian-footballers-die-in-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-nigerian-footballers-die-in-car-accident","title":{"rendered":"Two Nigerian Footballers Die In Car Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Women Football (NWF) has confirmed the death of Police Machine players, Saturday Glory and Aniebet Ekong in a car accident on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant captain of Police Machine, Linda Nnaocha confirmed the sad incident to thenwfl.com, where she stated that the two players were hit by a car along the New Stadium Road and died on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the unfortunate development, Aisha Falode, the chairperson of the Nigeria Women\u2019s Football League (NWFL) sympathised with the management and officials of the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great sadness that we receive the news of the death of two young players of Pro-League side Police Machine FC,\u201d Falode said in an NWFL official statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNWFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheNWFL<\/a> still mourn the demise of Pro-League side players Saturday Glory and Aniebet Ekong ?????. R.I.P ????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J8d7xAGjZI\">pic.twitter.com\/J8d7xAGjZI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nigeria Women Footba (@TheNWFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNWFL\/status\/1179320407708581888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Police Machine ladies are bidding to gain promotion to the Nigeria Women\u2019s Premier League (NWPL) next season at the Women Pro-League promotion playoff billed to commence on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>They were scheduled to battle with Pelican Stars, Moje Queens FC and Olori Babes for the two tickets at the Confluence Stadium before Tuesday\u2019s devastating news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Women Football (NWF) has confirmed the death of Police Machine players, Saturday Glory and Aniebet Ekong in a car accident on Tuesday. 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