THE League Management Company (LMC) has urged the management and players of Nasarawa United to honour their late captain, Baba Idris by winning the CAF Confederation Cup.
The who described the passing on of Idris as a loss to the nation's football, the League and his club, said: "The best honour you can accord your late captain is to win the CAF Confederation Cup and dedicate it to his memory."
The Lafia team will kick-off their campaign in the preliminary round against Senegalese opponents, Generation Foot.Meanwhile, in a condolence message to the family through the club, Chief Operating Officer of the LMC, Salihu Abubakar said the death is more saddening coming at a period the late Idris had just captained the club to play for continental honours in the CAF Confederation Cup.
"On behalf of the Management and Staff of the LMC and the 20 participating Clubs of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) and other stakeholders, we express deep sympathy to the family of the late player.
"His death is even more painful coming on the heels of the club's success in the last season which has earned them a continental ticket", Abubakar said.
