NPFL 25: Heartland FC Midfielder Undergoes Successful Cheekbone Surgery

NPFL 25: Heartland FC Midfielder Undergoes Successful Cheekbone Surgery

Precious Oham

Heartland FC defensive midfielder, Elvis Ori has undergone a successful cheekbone surgery and will take about two months to recover, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Ori, who was having a brilliant season on a personal note injured his left cheekbone when he came out worse after a head-on collision with Bendel Insurance Uche Collins in the 78th minute of the NPFL Matchday 17 tie in Owerri last Sunday and had to be substituted immediately by Chinedu Ozor in the 80th minute of the tie. Ori was wheeled to the theatre on Wednesday, December 18th, and after three hours of intensive surgery performed on him by the doctors of Galaxy British Hospital, Owerri, the broken cheekbone was fixed, and the midfielder will return to football after his rehabilitation and recovery. The midfielder, Ori, told Heartland FC how It all happened and his joy that everyone at Heartland FC, led by the Technical Manager, Emmanuel Amunek,e, rallied around him and made it a point of necessity he was operated on to correct the cheekbone defects. He also thanked the Imo State Government for the love and affection shown him ever since the incident happened last Sunday and that he had goosebumps when he was told the surgery would not be delayed.