Young football player slumps, dies in Kogi

Segun Idowu, a young football player with Barnet FC, Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday slumped on the Confluence Stadium in the state.

He slumped after colliding with his teammate on the pitch.

He was hospitalized for medical attention but lost his life.

The sad development was confirmed in a statement released by the Chairman of the Kogi State Football Association, Alhaji Suleiman Isah Umar.

The Chairman described the incident as painful and shocking to the football family in Kogi.

”We were shocked this morning when we received with a heavy heart the news that Segun, a footballer with Barnet FC, Lokoja who slumped and fell on the field after a collision with his team mate has passed away.

”We were on the field when the collision happened. He was revived and quickly rushed to the hospital. Report coming out of the hospital said he was doing fine and we kept praying all along that God Almighty intervene; only to get the sad news that he has given up the ghost,” said Umar.

”The entire football family in Lokoja is absolutely sad by the passing away of the promising talent. It was a simple case of collision on the field, but unfortunately Segun has to pass through that path to return to his creator.

”God will repose his soul and comfort his immediate and extended family during this trying period; and we pray not to witness such moment again.”