By Onajero Gbogidi
Tragedy struck today Saturday in Agbor headquarters of Ika South Local Government Area, Delta State, as a grassroots footballer slumped and died during training at a football pitch.
According to an eyewitness, the player whose identity is yet to be ascertained was standing alone in defence when he suddenly slumped without any contact from anybody.
All efforts to conduct CPR on the pitch proved abortive as he was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
The Winners FC Agbor promising defender also played for KG Sports Agbor from 2019 to 2022.
The spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, in a phone chat with NewsNet Nigeria confirmed the incident.
