The Team Manager of Lobi Stars football club of Makurdi, Barnabas Imenger, is dead. The former Super Eagles player died after a protracted illness in Abuja.
He played for former Hawks FC of Makurdi, which later became BBC FC, Lobi Bank FC and Lobi stars football club.
He was the team manager of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club, Lobi Stars. He died on Sunday night, March 21 after battling an undisclosed sickness.
Imenger who has reportedly been in and out of hospitals since January 2021 made a name playing for BBL Hawks Makurdi, BCC Lions Gboko, El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri and several clubs in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
He is the only former international whose son has played for the Super Eagles. Barnabas Nanen Imenger Jnr made his debut for the Super Eagles in 2012 in the international friendly match with Angola in Abuja.