New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Nigeria captain Wilfred Ndidi's father was killed in a car crash just over a week after Ndidi helped the Super Eagles to third place at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Ademola Olajire, director of communications at the Nigeria Football Federation, told The Associated Press that Sunday Ndidi died Tuesday morning after an accident in the town of Umunede in Delta State, Nigeria.

The 29-year-old Wilfred Ndidi wrote in an Instagram story about his final conversation with his father Tuesday morning "with excitement in your voice but deep down na goodbye you dey tell me. . What about things we talked about, so we no go talk again Na only memories?"

Ndidi referenced the celebration he did for his father after scoring at the Af...