A
forty-year-old man, Moshood Ismail, on Sunday collapsed and died at a
viewing centre in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while watching the match between
the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Elephants of Cote.
Ismail, a father of two and an engineer
with the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, caused a commotion inside the
viewing centre when he suddenly collapsed in the early minutes of the
game.
An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity,
told our correspondent that Ismail became agitated and later collapsed
when an Ivorien defender deflected a goal-bound shot from Victor Moses.
Ismail’s neighbor, Taiwo Adebayo, who
was also at the viewing centre when the incident occurred, said, “He
(Ismail) fell on the ground and immediately started foaming in the mouth
before he later died.”
It was learnt that he was immediately rushed to Success Medical Clinic where no doctor was available to attend to him.
Adebayo said that Ismail was, however, given some first aid treatment before he was taken to another hospital.
He added that Ismail died on the way to the hospital he was referred to.
He said, “We were together when the
match started. When Moses fired a shot and it was deflected by an
opposing player, he (Ismail) fell and started foaming in the mouth.
“We immediately rushed him to a clinic.
When we got to Success Medical Clinic, the doctor was not available and
the nurses gave him first aid treatment.
“He was referred to another hospital (First Alpha). But on our way, the vehicle gear got damaged and we took a taxi.
“When we got to the hospital, the doctor confirmed him dead.
But the Medical Director, Success Medical Clinic, Sulaiman
Kolawole, said that Ismail was brought into his clinic dead, adding that efforts to revive him proved unsuccessful.
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