Wikki Tourists: Nigerian Professional League club involve in ghastly road accident

Wikki Tourists who are top Nigerian Professional Football League side have taken to their official social media page to confirm that they had an accident on Thursday morning, February 18, on their way to Uyo.

The Coaster Bus carrying players of the Bauchi based club suffered electric problems along Kibo Road and it burnt to ashes with no life lost in the heartbreaking incident.

According to the report gathered, players of Wikki Tourists were fast enough to rush out of the bus when the fire started from the engine, but all their bags were burnt.

One of the officials of the club named Ibrahim who spoke with newsmen claimed that they are currently trying to get another bus that will take the players from the venue of the incident.

''We are thanking God that no body died in this incident except for the some luggage that were also burnt, but all the same, we are grateful to God once again that we lost no one.

''We have communicated this to all our bosses and also the LMC people and we are waiting for the new directive for us to take.'' Wikki Tourists will be facing Dakkada this weekend in their NPFL week 11 encounter which will be the first ever topflight match between these two teams.