Olofin Moses, popularly known as Evra, a player with Jordan FC Ogbomoso today slumped and died while featuring in a match between his club and Day Bright FC.
The Coaches cup competition has been suspended by the association.
An eye witness told National Insight that coaches cup, the late footballer was not with ball not in contact with any of the players whe he slumped and effort to revive him proof abortive.
He was confirmed dead at Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital LAUTECHTH and his body has been deposited at a morgue.
Alhaji Bashiru Abdulazeez,
Chairman NFCA Ogbomoso Council in a statement said the association has decided to Suspend all football activities in the town until further notice.
Coaches cup as been suspended and no training activities in all our clubs until Wednesday 28th February to mourn the departed soul.
His coach, Ayoola Ayantoye David
Popularly known as FÉHLÉ” while confirming the incident said “Moses was not sick, because we don’t allow sick players to feature in any match, when he came in this afternoon he was hale and hearty, he was even joking with other players, the match was less than 10 minutes when the sad incident happened. He was alone and suddenly we saw him going down and died , efforts to revive him did not yield, His demise is a personal and great loss to me because he was a devoted and reliable player, a loyal disciple, he stood by me, he do support the team financially and always encourage other players, so we are going to miss him, This is the first time i am experiencing such, its painful but God knows better. i pray Almighty God continue to comfort us, his family and the team at large.
