{"id":381194,"date":"2011-04-18T11:15:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T11:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/18\/nigerias-adefemi-dies-in-greece\/"},"modified":"2011-04-18T11:15:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T11:15:35","slug":"nigerias-adefemi-dies-in-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/18\/nigerias-adefemi-dies-in-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s Adefemi dies in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"226\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"1\">\n<tr readability=\"2\">\n<td readability=\"4\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5b8252220617_adefemi226_gtty.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Nigeria defender Olubayo Adefemi\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria defender Olubayo Adefemi was involved in a car accident in Greece<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Nigeria international defender Olubayo Adefemi has died in a car accident, Greek police said on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old, who played for Skoda Xanthi, lost control of his car on the Egnatia motorway before the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Adefemi was driving from Xanthi to Salonika in the Kavala region of northern Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The former Rapid Bucharest player was on his way to finalise details of his wedding when the accident happened, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Super League and the entire Greek football family would like to express its deepest condolences and sympathy for the family of Olubayo Adefemi who died tragically in a car accident,&#8221; league organisers said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Adefemi signed for Xanthi last summer and made 24 appearances for the club, scoring twice.<\/p>\n<p>He has also played three times for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6104o.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"10\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>see also<\/p>\n<hr class=\"pufff\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6104o.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"10\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>related bbc links:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6104o.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"5\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>related internet links:<\/p>\n<p>The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6104o.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"10\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5b8252220617_adefemi226_gtty-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/africa\/9461573.stm\" title=\"Nigeria's Adefemi dies in Greece\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria&#8217;s Adefemi dies in Greece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Nigeria defender Olubayo Adefemi was involved in a car accident in Greece Nigeria international defender Olubayo Adefemi has died in a car accident, Greek police said on Monday. 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