2 Madrid fans died in Lagos

2 Madrid fans died in Lagos

Two fans of Real Madrid died weekend at
Lagos 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.
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 .