Simon Adokwu, a 100-level student in the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Science at the University of Lagos in Akoka, Lagos State, collapsed and died while playing football on the school’s grounds on Sunday.
PUNCH Metro learned that after visiting church, Adokwu played football on a field near the University’s Human Resource Development Centre.Information Guide Nigeria
The student was reportedly playing football with his peers when he abruptly collapsed.
Adokwu’s coworkers hurried him to the medical center in an attempt to save him, but the on-duty physician confirmed his death.
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The Varsity’s Public Relations Officer, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, who confirmed the development to our correspondent on Thursday, stated that the 22-year-old told his buddies that he was sick prior to playing football.
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 raise 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.”JAMB Result
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