Island, following the club's inability to get an
early equaliser against Athletico Madrid.
Identities of the deceased were given as
Olusoga Ogunbanjo (39), a refrigerator
technician who resided at 23A, Smith Street, off
Evan Street and Bambo Sholeye, (42), said to
be a staff of the Lagos State Waste Management
Authority ,LAWMA, who resided at 49/51 Apatira
Street, off Olushi Street both in Lagos Island.
According to Vanguard 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 equalise the one goal scored by
Atiletico 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 saloon on Okepopo street, off Olushi, to have
his hair cut but decided to watch the match
alongside other football fans.
When it became apparent that Real Madrid
could not equalise, some of his friends were said
to have started making jest of the club's
fans,when all of a sudden Soga as he was
popularly called, reportedly slumped.
Owner of the shop where Ogunbanjo slumped ,
one Danku 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 Atiletico Madrid and when it
was 90 minutes and Real Madrid has not
'levelled-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".
Vanguard gathered that their remains were
buried yesterday morning at a public burial
ground on the Island .
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