According to goal.com report The Sai Masu Gida defender will undergo a head surgery to remove bullet as pair will be released on Wednesday after the robbery attack that left five injured last Thursday.
Injured Kano Pillars defender Reuben Ogbonnaya will be re-admitted to undergo surgery to remove a bullet from his head while the duo of Adamu Murtala and Otekpa Eneji will be discharged from the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital on Wednesday.
Goal previously reported that five players who were left injured after Thursday’s robbery attack on a 25-man contingent bus along Abuja-Lokoja road on their way to Owerri were re-admitted on Friday.
On Monday, Caf generously postponed their second round tie in the Caf Champions League against Morocco’s Moghreb Tetouane earlier scheduled for March 14 by a week as its injured players continue to recover from the attack trauma.
Team doctor Idris Ibn Garba confirmed that the injured players are recuperating just as medical treatment is intensified to ensure their full recovery.
“The players are recovering fast – Gambo (Mohammed) is getting better but we are waiting for the management and government to conclude arrangement for his medical trip abroad,” Garba told Goal.
“Adamu and Eneji will by God’s grace be discharged tomorrow (Wednesday) from the Hospital. I have confirmed from the medical personnel attending to them- he said before evening tomorrow they will be released to continue their treatment at home.
“Ogbonnaya still has a bullet in his head which will likely be removed on Wednesday morning. He was asked to come tomorrow morning. We should have done it on Monday but the hospital’s medics had some people in need of surgery to attend to,” he concluded.
