Chairman of the Kaduna State Football Association and Vice Chairman of the Nigeria National League, Hon. Abdulkadir Magaji, is dead.
Magaji, passed in a Lagos hospital on Tuesday morning at the age of 52, after a battle with cancer.
The Nigeria Football Federation General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, mourned the passing of the energetic administrator saying, “He was a very committed member of the Congress, and worked tirelessly for the development of the game, both in Kaduna and in the country generally.”
Sanusi confirmed to thenff.com that the remains of the late Abdulkadir Magaji would be flown from Lagos to Kaduna and committed to mother earth in Shika, Zaria on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, an NFF delegation led by the 2nd Vice President/LMC Chairman, Shehu Dikko, will pay a condolence visit to the family of the deceased.
credit: footballlive