Death of Bello, Africa’s best para-badminton player, tragic - Kwara Gov

Date: 2021-04-23

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday described as devastating and painful the sudden death of Africa’s number one para-badminton player Abdulrafiu Bello, saying the incident represented a huge setback for the Nigerian and African contingents ahead of the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics.

Bello, until his death the coach of Kwara Badminton Association and Africa representative on the board of the World Para-badminton Federation, succumbed to the injuries he sustained in an auto crash between Oyo and Ogbomoso on Wednesday. He was due in Spain in May this year for the last round of the qualifications for Tokyo 2020 paralympics.

In a statement on Thursday, the Governor said: “This is a huge loss to not just the Para-badminton community in Nigeria but to the entire sports community across Africa. Bello was one of the best para-badminton players of all time. His death is truly tragic. The government deeply mourns this great talent who left his footprints in the sand of time.

“I therefore commiserate with his immediate family, including his pregnant wife, and the entire sporting community in Kwara State and Nigeria as a whole. We will miss him a great deal. I pray the Almighty God to console the family he left behind and grant his soul eternal rest.”

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Laduba     Face Masks     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Sobi FM     Durbar Festival     Hamid Bobboyi     Joseph Offorjama     Sabi     Ayobami Akanbi     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     David Oyedepo     Olokoba     Kwara Poly     Mohammed Halidu     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Government High School Adeta     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     JAMB     Charles Ibitoye     Garba Ado Sanni     Sa\'adu Gambari     Taofik Mustapha     Riskat Opakunle     Sa\'adu Salau     Yekini Adio     UNIFEMGA     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Ilofa     Aro Yahaya     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Afonja     Abatemi-Usman     Aisha Gobir     Abubakar Suleiman     Ilorin General Hospital     Goodluck Jonathan     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Rihanat Ajia     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Reuben Paraje     NAWOJ     Elerinjare     Shonga     Igbaja     Tayo Alao     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Biliaminu Aliu     Ayodele Shittu     Imam Gambari     IYA YUSUF     Olatunji Bamgbola     PAACO-PCL Consortium     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     United Nigeria Airline     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Oke-Ogun     Ramadhan     Grillo     Ajakaye     Emir Of Ilorin     NIPR     Edret Sabi Abel     Neo Mundo Ltd     Ibrahim Oniye     Alabere     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Valsolar Consultoria     Mukhtar Shagaya     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Ahmed Alhasssan     Okin High School     Rafiu Olasile    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olaoye B. Felix     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Bamidele Aluko     Sodiya     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Segun Olawoyin     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Woro     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Salaudeen Oyewale     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Wahab Agbaje     Kwara TV     Tunji Ajanaku     Kazeem Adekanye     Kwara State University Of Education     NTA Ilorin     Bankole Omisore     Bisi Kristien     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Musa Aibinu     National Party Of Nigeria     Hassan Oyeleke     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Isiaka Danmeromu     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Hassanat Bello     Kumbi Titiloye     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Alliance For Democracy     High Court     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Hamza Usman     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Sidikat Alaya     Muhammad Yahya     Issa Oloruntogun     Hussein Oloyede     Amule     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Olaiya Zuberu     Umaru Saro     Alaaya     Garba Idris Ajia     Ibrahim Abikan     Abdullahi Samari     Abdulazeez Uthman     Lawan     Yaman     Bamikole Omishore     Azeez Salawu     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Ilorin South     Offa     Samuel Adaramola     Ridwan Agboola     Yoonus Lawal     Gani Saadu     Kishira     Alanamu     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Mutawali     KFA     Sherif Sagaya     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Radio SBS     Budo-Egba     Elekoyangan     Yusuf Ali     Kulende     Nigerian Army