Nigeria's Ex-Eaglet Defender Douglas Uzama Murdered by Cultists in Benin (Photo)

Former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles defender, Douglas Uzama

 

The father of Former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles defender, Douglas Uzama has narrated how his son was brutally murdered by cultist. The circumstance that led to the death of former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles defender, Douglas Uzama who was brutally murdered by suspected cultists on Thursday in Sakponba area of Edo state. Revealing details of the incident, the father of the 18-year-old Gombe United defender said the cultists tricked his son away from home and killed him at a nearby bar in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Uzoma was a left-back was a member of the 2015 Golden Eaglets team before his death. He played in the qualifiers for the 2015 CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Niger, but did not make the final squads to the tournament and the Chile 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where Nigeria won their fifth title. According to the father, Uzama, who is the last child of his family, was expected to travel on January 10, 2017, to sign a deal with a club in Argentina before he met his untimely death.

Ex Golden Eaglets Coach, Musa Abdullahi Dies of Malaria

Golden Eaglets former coach/Assistant Coach to Super Eagles, Musa Abdullahi, has died at age 61. Abdulahi died of malaria-related illness at about 2 p.m. on Sunday in his Lokoja home in Kogi.

No houses for Eaglets, Cash and National Honours instead

Members of world-conquering Golden Eaglets will get cash and national honours, but no houses after they made history in United Arab Emirates on Friday.

The country's U-17 team clinched a record fourth World Cup on Friday to become the most successful team in the world at this level.

The Eaglets also set a new goals record for a single tournament, while Kelechi Iheanacho and Dele Alampasu were picked as the Most Valuable Player and best goalkeeper of the tournament, respectively.

A top government source told MTNFootball.com: "They will get cash and national honours, but no houses.
"A precedence was set when the Eagles also did not get houses when they won the AFCON earlier this year. Instead, they were given plots of land on the outskirts of Abuja."
Players and officials received cash, national honours and houses in an estate in Abuja when they won the same competition six years ago.
President Goodluck Jonathan will host the team on Sunday night in Abuja.
The Eaglets arrived the country on Saturday.