FIFA donates $100k to shot Togo keeper Obilale

FIFA has confirmed it is giving $100,000 to former
Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale, who was shot
when terrorists attacked the team's bus at the
Africa Nations Cup in Angola in January.
- Obilale a 'miracle survivor' of attack
- Togo keeper makes emotional plea
FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced in
September they would be donating $25,000 to
Obilale and this sum has now been raised.
Three people died in the incident - the bus driver,
an assistant coach and a press officer - while
Obilale, who was initially also reported as dead,
had to be flown to South Africa for emergency
treatment after sustaining gunshot wounds in the
lower back and abdomen.
The French Football Federation earlier this year
agreed to pay the €65,000 repatriation costs for
Obilale to return to France after he issued an
emotional appeal for help.
A FIFA statement read: "FIFA is to donate a sum of
USD 100,000 to Togolese international goalkeeper
Kodjovi Obilale, who was seriously injured during
an armed attack on his team's bus in the Angolan
enclave of Cabinda ahead of the CAF African Cup of
Nations in January.
"The 25-year-old goalkeeper, formerly with French
side Pontivy, was gravely wounded when the
Togolese team bus was hit by gunfire on 8
January.
"The ambush took the lives of assistant coach
Amelete Abalo and press officer Stanislas O'cloo,
while Obilale himself is still continuing his
rehabilitation.''