An engineer who works with Nigeria’s Federal Road
Maintenance Agency (FERMA) collapsed and died on Sunday in Abeokuta, Ogun State
after watching the Nigeria-Ivory Coast Match in the African Nations Cup
Tournament in South Africa.
The engineer was identified as Owolabi Ismail. He
had a sudden heart attack at the viewing center (Promise Stadium) that is
located at Lanlepe compound, Oke-Sokori Abeokuta.
He died on the way to the hospital and he was buried
according to the Islamic rites. Click to read more after the cut...
According to witnesses, Owolabi slumped when the
Ivorians equalized Nigeria’s first half goal lead. However, Nigeria was still
able to win the game.
“We were watching the match at the viewing centre
with much anticipation and anxiety from everybody. He was so much in the match
that he did not want any distraction from anybody. Immediately our boys fired
in the first goal, the excitement was so much that he was dancing and praising
God and when the Ivorians equalised, he collapsed instantly and we have to rush
him to a nearby hospital where there was no doctor on hand to attend to him
only to give up the ghost while being taken to another hospital in the area,”
they said.
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