Former Super Eagles winger Tijjani Babangida today escaped death in a fatal car crash, which unfortunately claimed the life of younger brother Ibrahim, a former youth international.
Childhood friend and former international Abdul Sule confirmed the unfortunate incident.
The Babangida brothers along with the wife of Tijjani were travelling along the Kaduna-Zaria highway when the car they were in was involved in the accident.
Tijjani was the one driving and he ran into a parked trailer.
Ibrahim Babangida died on the spot, while ex-Ajax flying winger Tijjani, who is the president of the country’s players’ union, his wife and child were taken to hospital for treatment.
Ibrahim, who won the 1993 FIFA U17 World Cup alongside the likes of Nwankwo Kanu and Wilson Oruma, will be buried according to Muslim rites in Kaduna tomorrow.
