World football –governing body, FIFA, has condoled the Nigeria
Football Federation over the death at the weekend of former Nigerian
international and ex – Flamingoes’ assistant coach, Ajuma Otache.
In a letter personally signed by him and addressed to the
President of Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick, FIFA President Gianni
Infantino expressed “deepest sympathy on hearing of the news of the sudden
passing of former Nigeria women’s national team player Ajuma Ameh-Otache, one
of Nigeria’s most successful women international.
“Throughout her career, she played for Nigeria at the 2004
Olympic Games in Athens and also won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations the same
year in South Africa. She also played for The Super Falcons at the 2003 All
Africa Games in Abuja.
“On behalf of the members of the international football
community, I should be grateful if you could extend our deepest condolences to
her family and loved ones. We would hope that, in some way, our words of
support may help bring a little bit of peace and solace in this time of
sadness.”
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