Two fans of Real Madrid died weekend at Lagos Island, following the club’s inability to get an early equalizer against Atletico Madrid.
Identities of the deceased were given as Olusoga Ogunbanjo (39), a refrigerator technician who and Sholeye (42), who was said to be a staff of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA,
Reports said Sholeye who went to watch the match in a shop, later stormed out in frustration before the regulation time. He was said to have lamented the failure of the club to equalize the one goal scored by Atletico Madrid in the first half.
Reports said he sat in front of his house still lamenting, when he slumped. Unfortunately, he did not live to see his expectation come true, as efforts to resuscitate him in a private hospital where he was said to have been rushed to, failed as he was confirmed dead. Real Madrid, however, won the match 4-1. He did not live to see his Club lift the Champions League the 10th time.
Ogunbanjo on his part was said to have gone to a salon to have his hair cut but decided to watch the match alongside other football fans.
When it became apparent that Real Madrid could not equalize, some of his friends were said to have started making jest of the club’s fans, when all of a sudden he slumped. Owner of the shop where Ogunbanjo slumped explained that “Soga came to have his hair cut. When that was done, he said he would watch the UEFA championship match between Real and Atletico Madrid and when it was 90 minutes and Real Madrid has not ‘leveled-up’ , there was tension among fans that Real Madrid had lost the match”.
“A boy sitting beside Soga noticed when he slumped and raised alarm. Infact, he slumped on him. We quickly rushed him to the emergency unit of Island General Hospital where he was confirmed dead by medical doctors on duty”.
