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<h6 class="article__headline"><span style="color: #4d3f3f;"><strong>Gunmen ‘critically injures’ Nigerian top-flight club soccer club FC Ifeanyi Ubah players and coaches on bus in horror shooting attack</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="article__headline"><span style="color: #4d3f3f;"><strong>Bus driver suffered gunshot wounds and at least five others, including both players and coaches, have been left &#8220;critically injured,&#8221;</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="article__headline"><span style="color: #4d3f3f;"><strong>Team from Anambra State in the eastern part of the country had traveled for just five of the 14-hours for their Saturday match against the Jigawa Golden Stars in the north when they were raided</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="article__content article__content--intro"><img class="alignnone wp-image-337372" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Armed-bandits-attack-FC-Ifeanyi-Ubah-4.jpg" alt="Armed bandits attack FC Ifeanyi Ubah 4" width="689" height="833" /><span class="article__media-span"><strong>The bus driver [photo], suffered gunshot wounds while at least five others needed treatment f</strong></span><strong><span class="article__media-span">ollowing a gun attack on Nigerian premier division soccer club traveling Friday, from their home base in the eastern part of the country for a league match against a team based 14 hours away in the northern part of the country</span></strong></h6>
<p>Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Nigerian top-flight club FC Ifeanyi Ubah that left at least six injured in a horror shooting attack.<br />
The Anambra State side had traveled for just five of the 14-hours for their match against the Jigawa Golden Stars when they were raided.<br />
The bus driver suffered gunshot wounds and at least five others, including both players and coaches, have been left &#8220;critically injured,&#8221; according to a statement from the club.<br />
Armed robbers were said to have been dressed in the uniforms of the National Youth Service Corps &#8211; a program for graduates required to complete a year of national service &#8211; when they attacked.</p>
<h6><span class="article__media-span"><img class="alignnone wp-image-337367" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Armed-bandits-attack-FC-Ifeanyi-Ubah-2.jpg" alt="Armed bandits attack FC Ifeanyi Ubah 2" width="727" height="974" /><strong>Photo of injured player after armed individuals raided FC Ifeanyi Ubah&#8217;s team bus on their way to a league game, leaving te team bus driver, as well as, five players critically injured</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span class="article__media-span"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-337382" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Armed-bandits-attack-FC-Ifeanyi-Ubah-8.jpg" alt="Armed bandits attack FC Ifeanyi Ubah 8.JPG" width="713" height="594" />Photos show the blood drenched team bus and bullet marked windshield after the gun attack on Friday </strong></span></h6>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-337379" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/FC-Ifeanyi-Ubah-team-2019-C.jpg" alt="FC Ifeanyi Ubah team 2019 C" width="960" height="720" /><strong>FC Ifeanyi Ubah team [in white ] step take to the field for a match in the 2019-2020 season</strong></h6>
<p>A statement from Ifeanyi Ubah on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fcifeanyiubah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> read: “To the glory of God, no life was lost.<br />
“However, the driver was shot while some members of the coaching crew and players were critically injured. The affected persons are currently being treated and are responding to treatment.<br />
&#8220;We wish to use this medium to appeal to the Federal Government as well as football regulatory bodies &#8230; to further intensify security efforts to ensure the safety of teams who often have no choice than to travel long distances by road.&#8221;<br />
“Conclusively, fans, well-wishers, supporters and Nigerians, in general, are kindly urged to keep the entire management, coaching staff and players of FC Ifeanyi Ubah in their prayers in this moment of despair.”<br />
Ubah, otherwise known as The Anambra Warriors, are 10th in the NPFL with eight points from five matches.<br />
Stanley Ike-Richard, COO of the League Management Company, which runs the league, have confirmed the fixture has been moved to Monday.<br />
Nigerian clubs typically have to travel long distances for fixtures, with this latest attack occurring on the same Lokoja road where then premier division champions, Kano Pillars, <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/kano-pillars-5-club-players-injured-in-robbery-attack/ve1l0dy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">were involved in a similar raid</a><span style="color: var(--color-text);">, in the 2015- 2016 season.</span><img class="alignnone wp-image-337376" style="color: var(--color-text);" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Armed-bandits-attack-FC-Ifeanyi-Ubah-Facebook-post.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto"></p>
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<h6><strong style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 10.72px;">A statement from Ifeanyi Ubah on their Facebook read: “To the glory of God, no life was lost.</strong></h6>
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Gunmen attack and ‘critically injure’ team bus driver and players of top flight Nigerian soccer club, FC Ifeanyi Ubah, on their way to league match
