The management of former Nigeria league champions, Rangers International F.C, under the leadership of Prince Davidson Owumi, has declared that the family members left behind by their late attacking sensation, Ifeanyi George, will get the insurance compensation due the player as soon as the lock-down necessitated by COVID-19 pandemic is lifted.
Late Enugu Rangers Player Ifeanyi George. Photo credit: Voice of Nigeria
Owumi, in a chat said that the insurance company, Premier Brokers Limited, has paid the insurance premium claims on the death of Ifeanyi George, who died in a ghastly auto-crash along Asaba-Benin Express Road on his way to Lagos, to join his family after the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) shutdown all football activities in March, 2020.
“Despite the fact that we still mourn the sudden death of Ifeanyi George, our former attacker, we are glad to announce that the club is in possession of the Insurance premium due for the immediate family of the late footballer which will be presented as soon as the lock-down across the country is relaxed,” stated the former NPL boss.
Tears flowed freely in Lagos when Enugu Rangers and Super Eagles striker, Ifeanyi George, who died in a car crash, was lead to rest.
Anaedoonline.com reported that The 26-year-old George and his friend, Emmanuel Ogbu, also of Enugu Rangers, died in a car accident on their way home following the suspension of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) owing to the Covid-19 outbreak.
George was buried at Atan cemetery, Yaba in Lagos, where his family members and some of his friends paid their last respects to CHAN Eagles star.
George’ remains were taken from a private health facility in Abudu, Orhionmwon LGA of Edo State, where it was deposited after the ghastly auto-crash, that also claimed Eteka Gabriel, a friend of George on Sunday, March 22, 2020.
Speaking at the cemetery, G.M/CEO of Rangers, Prince Davidson Owumi, said, “It has been a week long season of pains and tears for the Rangers family since the confirmation of the death of Ifeanyi George in a ghastly auto-crash. But, with his burial today, as requested by his family in Lagos, some weight is lifted off everybody that is concerned with the footballer.
“We had representatives at the burial site and we thank all those that were there and those that were prevented by the lock down order of Lagos state government. Ifeanyi will remain indelible in the hearts of all of us in Rangers. May his soul find eternal rest in the bosom of our Lord.”
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