Nigeria, May 10 -- Former Super Eagles star Tijani Babaginda, alongside his wife, were Thursday admitted at Shika Hospital in Zaria after they were involved in a motor accident along the Kaduna-Zaria Road.

Former teammate Emmanuel Babayaro, the general secretary of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria PFAN which Babaginda is the President, confirmed the incident in a statement

"Comrades! Let us be in prayers for our president, Tijani Babangida, who just had a ghastly motor accident along the Kaduna-Zaria Road." Babayoro said in the official statement

But while Babayoro called for prayers for Tijani Babaginda, he sadly announced the death of Ibrahim, the young brother.

"Ibrahim Babangida, his younger brother, died on the...