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Heartland players, officials injured in auto crash
Nine players and officials of Heartland Football Club of Owerri are now receiving treatments at an undisclosed hospital after their bus was involved in an auto accident in Maiduguri, Bornu state, Wednesday afternoon.
The team which arrived in Maiduguri for their Matchday 35 Premier League match against El Kanemi Warriors billed for Thursday at the Maiduguri Township Stadium had their bus colliding with a Nigerian Army Hilux Jeep on the Kano/Jos road near the Ramat Polytechnic.
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According to El Kanemi Warriors secretary, Tahir Bala, “the bus conveying Heartland team from the airport to their hotel just had an accident with an army car but no death was recorded rather about nine players sustained bruises.
“We are making frantic effort to take the injured to hospital for treatment while arrangement is going on to take others to their hotel. That’s what I can say for now.”
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