The football Club Owners Association of Nigeria has expressed shock over road mishap which involved members of the supporters club of Akwa utd FC of Uyo on their way to honour a week 33 NPFL league match against Enyimba FC of Aba in Port Harcourt.
The incident claimed the life of one of the members; prompting club owners to send sympathy message to the club even as it prayed for the quick recovery of other members who sustained various degrees of injuries.
Club Owners in a statement jointly signed by the chairman Isaac Danladi and the Executive Secretary Alloy Chukwuemeka urged the management of the Uyo based club to see the incident as an act of God.
The association also expressed hope that those injured were responding to treatment and would soon be discharged from the hospital.
Although one of the members in the ill-fated vehicle lost his life, the Association described his death as shocking and unfortunate and prayed God to grant his soul eternal rest and to console his family.
Meanwhile the LMC has ordered that a minute silence be observed in all the centres of the week 33 games as a mark of respect for the deceased supporter.
