Quite a few Nigerians and African have died in the past over football matches being played by European teams.Most of them were deaths in stupid and senseless situations.But these two guys who died over the Real Madrid match actually deserve more sympathy.
These guys died of heart attacks.I have read a lot of people say they were stupid,foolish,mad etc.But these guys most likely never knew about the state of their hearts.How many average people in Nigeria know what their Bp status is?
Can they afford medical care or check up when they probably are unemployed and barely able to feed from their ridiculous salary? Foe these reasons i feel really sorry for these poor guys,you can't control what your heart feels..these guys felt a sense of loss and defeat and died from it..i think there should be a National campaign for everyone to have their Bp checked 2ce a year and it should be free.Our diet in Africa is a recipe for a heart attack in waiting.
These guys died of heart attacks.I have read a lot of people say they were stupid,foolish,mad etc.But these guys most likely never knew about the state of their hearts.How many average people in Nigeria know what their Bp status is?
Can they afford medical care or check up when they probably are unemployed and barely able to feed from their ridiculous salary? Foe these reasons i feel really sorry for these poor guys,you can't control what your heart feels..these guys felt a sense of loss and defeat and died from it..i think there should be a National campaign for everyone to have their Bp checked 2ce a year and it should be free.Our diet in Africa is a recipe for a heart attack in waiting.
Here's now is the unfortunate story of the 2 men who passed away.
Two fans of Real Madrid died weekend at Lagos Island, following the club’s inability to get an early equaliser against Athletico Madrid.
Identities of the deceased were given as Olusoga Ogunbanjo (39), a refrigerator technician who resided at 23A, Smith Street, off Evan Street and Bambo Sholeye, (42), said to be a staff of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority ,LAWMA, who resided at 49/51 Apatira
Street, off Olushi Street both in Lagos Island.
Reports said Sholeye who went to watch the match in a shop, later stormed out in frustration before the regulation time. He was said to have lamented the failure of the club to equalise the one goal scored by Atiletico Madrid in the first half .
Reports said he sat in front of his house still lamenting ,when he slumped . Unfortunately, he did not live to see his expectation come true , as efforts to resuscitate him in a private hospital where he was said to have been rushed to, failed as he was confirmed dead. Real Madrid, however, won the match 4-1. He did not live to see his Club lift the Champions League the 10th time.
Ogunbanjo on his part was said to have gone to a saloon on Okepopo street, off Olushi, to have his hair cut but decided to watch the match alongside other football fans.
When it became apparent that Real Madrid could not equalise, some of his friends were said to have started making jest of the club’s fans,when all of a sudden Soga as he was popularly called, reportedly slumped.
Owner of the shop where Ogunbanjo slumped , one Danku explained that : “ Soga came to have his hair cut. When that was done, he said he would watch the UEFA championship match between Real and Atiletico Madrid and when it was 90 minutes and Real Madrid has not ‘levelled-up’ , there was tension among fans that Real Madrid had lost the match”.
“A boy sitting beside Soga noticed when he slumped and raised alarm. Infact, he slumped on him. We quickly rushed him to the emergency unit of Island General Hospital where he was confirmed dead by medical doctors on duty”.
Vanguard gathered that their remains were buried yesterday morning at a public burial ground on the Island.