Reports say that a former basketballer with the Nigerian national
basketball team, D'Tigers, Chinedu Onyeku, was shot dead in a failed
burglary in that happened in Texas, USA on November 21, 2012.
The
29 years old former player was alleged to have broken into a residence
on Rio Grande street, Plano with another person, who is now being
tracked by the police. Chinedu was said to have been shot death by their
alleged house burglary victim.
The Nigeria Basketball
Federation (NBF) has released a statement on the death of Chinedu, who
played a role in Nigeria's qualification in the 2012 London Olympics but
didn't make the team.
"[His] passion for playing with
D’Tigers was deep-seated and he will be greatly missed. The federation
joins his family and team mates to mourn a departed son, father, husband
and great patriot,"
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