Tragedy: footballer slumps and dies in the pitch in Benin City

By Daily Sports on August 5, 2018

The football community in Benin City has been thrown into shock following the tragic death of a football player in the field.

The player named Mike Osaetin collapsed right before the very eyes of colleagues just a few minutes into the training session of playersat the Ighodefeyi field in Upper Skpoba, an area located in downtown Benin City in the early morning of Saturday August 4th.

A few minutes before he slumped,Osaetin had led a moving pre-training prayer for the team of non-proffessional players who regularly visit the field for Saturday morning training sessions.

Osaetin who was a tall gangling striker, had,moments earlier, almost scored for his side as he narrowly missed connecting a cross from his left.

With the ball at the opposite end of the pitch a little later,Osaetin then bowed down with both hands on his knees,as a sign of tiredness.Then a few seconds later,he was down on his back with his eyesballs going up.

Teammates rushed to him to try to rescusitate him and a car was quickly brought in to take him to a nearby clinic.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Akugbe medical center in Upper Sakpoba area.

Shocked players and friends in Benin City described Osaetin,who was a church minister,as a good gentleman.

He will be remembered as one of the movers of football in Upper Sakpoba area as he was always in the forefront of organizing football activities in the community.

About two months ago,Osaetin had told players at the pitch just before one of the training sessions that he foresaw untimely death and then led a lenghty praying session against the spirit of sudden death.

Tears flowed in the field as players trooped to the Akugbe medical center and then the fallen player's residence to commiserate with his family.

Osaetin,who was in his 30s was survived by an aged mother. 

Photo shows late Osaetin (first from left) with players at the Ighodefeyi field.

 

Source Daily Sports

Posted August 5, 2018


 

You may also like...
ABS Cracker: We won’t miss Alhassan, others —...

Odion Ighalo Confirms Man United Exit

Dortmund Dropping Price For Man Utd Target Sancho...

Anthony Joshua on Deontay Wilder Fight: ‘I’m gonna...

Okowa Hails Ekevwo for Emerging Africa’s Fastest Man...

40 injure in stadium barrier collapse

 

Latest News CAF awards: Ajibade, Nnadozie, Edo Queens bag nominations Lagos SWAN, PAACC Hold SWAN Day At Golfview Hotels, Ikeja Crisis looms as Eagles’ form raises AFCON, W’Cup concerns Ex-Nigerian Super Falcons player handcuffed, children assaulted as police storm Anambra Football Academy Sports NFF, teammates console Nwabali on father’s death Abia Govt hails Nigeria Olympic Committee over staging an admin course in Umuahia Libya deliver Eagles 2025 AFCON ticket Eagles battle Cheetahs for 2025 AFCON ticket Yellow Greens gear up for T20 W’Cup qualifiers Tyson tips Fury to beat Joshua Sadiq absent as 22 Eagles train in Abidjan Eagles’ striking trio hot for Cheetahs, Amavubi clashes

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,164 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,308 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,370 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,015 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,949 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,905 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,744 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,312 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,366 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,054 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,507 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,932 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media