The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has disclosed that all the Nigerian players in Turkey have confirmed they are alive and fine.
The NFF stated this on social media while reacting to the earthquake that rocked Turkey on Monday February 6.
Over 3,000 persons have been confirmed dead in the unfortunate incident.
The Nigeria Football Federation wrote:
”The Nigeria Football Federation is sad about the unfortunate earthquake in Kahramanmaras city of Turkey. NFF President, Alh. Ibrahim Gusau has reached out to Nigerian players based in Turkey and they have all confirmed that they are fine.
We pray the souls of the departed rest in peace even as we commiserate with the people of Turkey at this time.”
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