Ajuma Otache, a Super Falcons midfielder, has died. She was aged 33.
According to the verified Twitter handle of the Nigeria Football Federation, @thenff, Otache died on Saturday.
The NFF expressed sadness at the news of her death and sympathised with her young family.
Otache won the 2014 African Women Cup of Nations with the Super Falcons.
See NFF’s tweet:
The NFF
✔@thenff
We are sad to hear of the sudden passing of former @NGSuper_Falcons midfielder, AWCON winner, Olympian, Ajuma Otache who passed on Saturday. Our thoughts are with her young family. May her soul rest in peace
