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Nigeria international striker Ifeanyi George passes away in car accident

Nigeria international and Enugu Rangers striker Ifeanyi George has died in a car accident at the age of 26.

Goal gathered the ill-fated incident occurred at Abudu on Benin-Agbor expressway after his car bumped into a parked truck on his way to Lagos after the Nigerian top-flight was suspended owing to the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Rangers would later confirm George’s friend, as well as a B team player were also involved in the collision.