{"id":259595,"date":"2016-10-19T07:13:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T07:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=259595"},"modified":"2016-10-19T07:13:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T07:13:17","slug":"nigerian-footballer-izu-joseph-shot-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/nigerian-footballer-izu-joseph-shot-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Footballer Izu Joseph shot dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigerian footballer Izu Joseph has died after being shot.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old , who played in defence for Nigerian Premier League club Shooting Stars, was hit by a stray bullet when gunmen attacked a market in his hometown of Okaki in Rivers State.<\/p>\n
The club’s tweeted on its official account:<\/i> “A Shooting STAR is gone! Izu Joseph is gone! Flamboyant defender is gone! RIP, brother. What a life! May God strengthen his family #Tragedy.”<\/p>\n
Joseph joined the club three years ago.<\/p>\n
He was a key player as the team secured a return to the top flight from the second division in 2014.<\/p>\n
The Nigerian Football Federation tweeted: <\/i>“Our thoughts are with the Mgt. & Staff of @Official3SC on the shocking loss of their player, Izu Joseph. May his soul Rest In Peace! #RIPIzu”.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nigerian footballer Izu Joseph has died after being shot. The 24-year-old , who played in defence for Nigerian Premier League club Shooting Stars, was hit by a stray bullet when gunmen attacked a market in his hometown of Okaki in Rivers State. The club’s tweeted on its official account: “A Shooting STAR is gone! Izu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":259606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[396,3,751],"yoast_head":"\n