Tragedy struck in the home of a 100-level student of the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Science, University of Lagos, when a 22-year-old Simon Adokwu, slumped and dies while playing football.
Adokwu slumped and died while playing football on the premises of the school in Akoka, Lagos State. He was said to have visited a football field near the University’s Human Resource Development Centre to play ball, shortly after attending church service.
In a bid to rescue him, Adokwu’s colleagues rushed him to the medical centre where the doctor on duty confirmed him dead.
According to the university Public Relations Officer, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, who confirmed the incident, Adokwu, before going to the pitch to play football, told his friends that he was sick.
She said, “But he said he was still going to go ahead and play football. In the course of playing, his teammates turned around and noticed that he had slumped.
“They moved closer and tried to revive him but at that point, he was completely motionless. His friends took him to the medical centre, and they immediately tried to resuscitate him but unfortunately, he was dead.
“The DSA called his parents and when they came over, they said they would like to take his body but that is not our tradition. We still need to do an autopsy and post-mortem evaluation. At that point, we had to move his body to the LUTH, Idi-Araba,” she said.
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