John George to be buried on Saturday

Lobi Stars midfielder late John George would be buried on Saturday, according to his family.

George died last Thursday in Kaduna after a brief illness.

Lobi Stars Team Manager, Barnabas Imenger, who revealed this to SportingLife, said his family has communicated his funeral arrangement to the club.

According to Imenger, the wake-keep will comes up on Friday April 29 by 4pm at No 44 Jaba street, behind ECWA House Church , U/Boro  Sabon Tasha Kaduna.

The Burial service will be on Saturday April 30 by 10am at Maranatha Baptist Church U/Boro while final interment takes place at his residence immediately after the service.

Imenger said the club’s high-power delegation comprising management, coaches and players would travel to Kaduna on Friday morning to pay him his last respect.

He said the club will do everything within its reach for the player’s family.

“We have started doing our part but we don’t want whatever we are doing for his family to be in the media. We are sending a high power club’s delegation to Kaduna for the burial arrangement. We would be in Kaduna on Friday. We will miss him,” Imenger said to SportingLife.

George, a defensive midfielder, was on loan at Lobi Stars FC of Makurdi from Mighty Jets FC of Jos and he was a regular member of the team.

His last game was a 2-2 home draw between Lobi Stars and Kano Pillars last month and he had obtained permission from the club to return to Kaduna to treat a recurring bout of malaria, a trip he never returned from.