Nigeria’s Super Eagles star, Ahmed Musa, has sent the sum of N500,000 to former Nigerian Olympic Athlete, Bassey Etim, spotted filling pot holes in Ajah area of Lagos.
The recipient, Bassey Etim, who won a gold medal at the 1983 Commonwealth Games in Malta, stated that he suffered an injury while representing Nigeria at the 1984 Olympic Games.
Musician, Oc Cares disclosed how he observed Etim nicknamed ‘Iron bar’, at a failed section of the road along the Ado/Badore Road in Lagos, prompting him to reach out.
Etim, 56, revealed that he had to spend his life savings for his treatment, claiming he was abandoned by Nigeria.
The Cross River State born athlete said, “I sustained an injury, and when I came back, Nigeria refused to take care of my injury, so I had to use my life savings to go back to America in September 1985 to take care of the injury”.
“But I still come out to volunteer myself to give back to my country. People are saying, ‘why should you do that? They didn’t take care of you’.
The post, which went viral, attracted Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, who requested his contact.
In an update on Thursday 4th August, 2022, sports journalist, Babajide Orevba, revealed that Ahmed Musa had sent the former athlete the sum of N500,000.