Baba Idris, captain of Nasarawa United gave up the ghost yesternight after a brief illness.
His death was announced via the Nasarawa united official twitter handle.
Meanwhile,the Lafia-based club has secured continental tickets to play in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup. The team will play Generation Foot from Senegal in the preliminary round of next year’s CAF Confederation Cup.
The winners between Nasarawa United and Generation Foot will take on the winners between CS Constantinois of Algeria.
Lost our Captain Baba Idris to the cold hands of death this evening. May his soul rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/gp7qsqPvCg
— Nasarawa united fc (@Nasarawaunited) December 28, 2015