A budding, young footballer, Segun Idowu, has died during a match in Lokoja, Kogi State.
Idowu, according to report, slumped on Friday in a collision with one of his teammates while their club, Barnet FC was playing a match against another side in the ongoing Kogi FA Chairman’s Cup at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja.
In a tribute to the deceased, the Kogi State Football Association Chairman, Alhaji Suleiman Isah Umar narrated how it happened, saying, “We were on the field when the collision happened. He was revived and quickly rushed to the hospital. Report coming out of the hospital said he was doing fine and we kept praying all along that God Almighty intervene; only to get the sad news that he has given up the ghost.”
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