The Nigeria vs Cot d'Ivoire match claimed a casualty on Sunday, when one person reportedly collapsed and died while watching the match in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The man, an engineer with the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA, Owolabi Ismail, had a sudden heart attack at a viewing centre popularly called,’Promise Stadium’ located at Lanlepe compound, Oke-Sokori, Abeokuta.
A witness said Owolabi slumped when the Ivorians equalised Nigeria’s first half goal lead. "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 had 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."
The irony was that Nigeria eventually won the match 2-1. The man has since been buried according to Islamic rites.
I've always said it that the Eagles have a way of spiking one's blood pressure.
Watch the match if you must, enjoy it, but don't get unduely carried away with it.
Better yet. . . Don't watch the match at all.
News Source: PM News
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