Osondu Nwoye
By Our Reporter
The decision by the Egyptian referee to award a penalty to South Africa immediately after acknowledging Nigeria’s second goal scored by striker Victor Osimhen has claimed its fourth victim.
The referee had relied on Video Assistant Referee (VAR) to cancel the goal and awarded a penalty to South Africa.
The fourth victim is Anambra State-born businessman, Osondu Nwoye, who died while watching the match
It was gathered that the businessman, a resident of Abidjan in Cote d’Ivoire, slumped and died during the penalty shootouts of the match on Wednesday evening.
It was learnt that the Anambra-born businessman, who celebrated in the stadium when the goal was scored, collapsed when the penalty was awarded against Nigeria and the second goal which would have sealed the Super Eagles’ victory was canceled.
It was gathered that efforts made to revive him were not successful as he died on his way to the hospital.
Confirming Nwoye’s death, popular businessman, Obi Cubana, in a post on his Instagram account on Thursday, February 8, 2024, described the deceased as an amazing personality.
“Yesterday’s match has taken some very important people.. why??? Nwachinemelu!!! Amazing human! Hosted us massively just last Sunday,” he wrote.
Others who died watching the match were a former member of the House of Representatives who represented the Ika Federal Constituency of Delta State, Dr Cairo Ojougboh; the Deputy Bursar of Kwara State University (KWASU), Ayuba Abdullahi; and a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Adamawa State, identified simply as Samuel.
