NFF President, Alhaji Aminu
Maigari
Tragedy Saturday struck in Poland as a 24- year old Nigerian
player, Joshua Tamunobarabonye Pepple slumped and died on the pitch while in
action for his Division Five team, Pomorzanin Nowogard in a League game with Szczecin
Åšmierdnica.
The death is coming barely
two months after which another Nigerian player Henry Chinonso Ihelewere died in
similar situation in Romania.
While the actual cause of
death of the Nigerian player has not been ascertained, an account from Poland suggested that player might
have been a victim of heart attack while doctors are also not ruling out neck
injury to the dread-locked player.
Nonetheless an autopsy is to
be carried out to unravel the actual cause of the mysterious death later this
week.
Eyewitness accounts from Poland revealed that
Tamunobarabonye who has starred for various teams in Poland fell on the pitch barely a
minute into the match with Szczecin Åšmierdnica, but was still able adjudged to
be okay to continue playing.
In the 26th minute the Port Harcourt born footballer fell a
second time and was pronounced dead minutes later after attempts at reviving
him failed.
The tragedy-ridden match was
expectedly abandoned and p
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