It ended in the Nigeria-Ghana tragedy, the play-off match for admission to the 2022 World Cup. The home fans, disappointed by Nigeria's elimination, at the end of the match made an invasion of the field causing violent clashes with the Police and also attacking some players of both teams and insiders.
One person lost his life: it is Joseph Kabyungo, a doctor from FIFA and Caf (the African Federation) from Zambia who was on the sidelines and who should have carried out the usual doping controls at the end of the game.
Caf and Fifa in shock: “Today we mourn the passing of our medical officer Joseph Kabungo, who was serving as an anti-doping officer, and we offer our sincere condolences to his family and to the football family. He was a devoted and widely loved member of our football community and his impact was vast, having also been a part of the 2012 African Cup of Nations winning team. His death is a huge loss. "
Investigations into the causes of death are still ongoing. The police explain that it is "premature" to draw conclusions, according to a witness quoted by the local newspaper The Cable Kabungo was beaten and then trampled at the end of the game, during the stampede resulting from the intervention of the Police. The man was taken to the hospital, but he didn't make it.
(Unioneonline / L)