A member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Adamawa State has died while watching the penalty shootouts of the match between Nigeria and South Africa during the African Cup of Nations on Wednesday.
This is coming after a former member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, who represented the Ika federal constituency of Delta State was reported to have slumped and died while watching the same match.
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The youth corps member who was identified as Samuel, an indigene of Kaduna State, was said to have died just before the last kick that ensured Nigeria’s victory in the match.
A witness, who gave an account of the incident in a social media post said, “We lost one Nigerian during our victory celebration over South Africa at our sports viewing center here in Numan.
“The corps member who is serving in Numan from Kaduna State fainted before the kick of the winning goal.