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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said CAF medical officer, Joseph Kabungo, was found gasping for breath near Ghana\u2019s dressing room after Nigeria\u2019s 2022 FIFA World Cup second-leg playoff against the Black Stars on Tuesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NFF\u2019s General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, disclosed this in a statement via the Federation\u2019s Department of Communications on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kabungo who is from Zambia, was said to have died shortly after the match between Nigeria and Ghana on Tuesday at the MKO Abiola Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reacting to the sad incident, the NFF said Kabungo died as a result of a sudden cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NFF commiserates with the world football governing body \u2013 FIFA; the Confederation of African Football; the Football Association of Zambia, and the family of Dr Kabungo on his sudden passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis death pains us very much and we are in a state of deep shock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201dAccording to the information from our own Medical Officer, Onimisi Salami, who was appointed by FIFA as the game\u2019s medical officer, Kabungo was found gasping for breath near the dressing room of the Ghanaian team,\u201d he added but said as he (Sanusi) was heading to the dressing room of the Nigerian team, the General Coordinator, Kabore Bosilong from South Africa had called his attention to the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKabungo suddenly started gasping for breath. The match\u2019s FIFA Security Officer, Dixon Okello from Uganda, also witnessed the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe tried to resuscitate him there and then, but when this did not appear to be working, we put him in an ambulance and rushed him to Cedar Crest Hospital in Apo, where he gave up the ghost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is a very sad incident and one is shocked that some persons have been putting a terrible slant to the whole thing by saying he was beaten up by fans. That is a lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe died as a result of sudden cardiac arrest,\u201d NFF\u2019s statement read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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