Friday 26 May 2017

Kwara Utd player Abdulazeez dies during training

Kwara United FC youngster Saka Abdulazeez slumped and died during training session with his team this morning. In a statement signed by the media officer Kwara United FC Abdul Waheed Bibire the young lad was pronounced dead upon arrival at a local hospital.


The left full back has been buried according to Islamic rites in Ilorin, the state capital. An Islamic cleric, who doubles as the special assistant to governor  Abdul Fatah Ahmed on Islamic matters, Ustaz Saheed Mohammed led the sympatisers to observe the janaza prayer for the repose  soul of the diseased at the Muslim cementry Ilorin. 

The entire soccer fans according to the statement will surely miss the player, a professional on and off the pitch, easy going and a dedicated person.

“To Almighty Allah we come and to him we shall return”, death is inevitable which every soul will experience hence the need for his family, friends, close associates and soccer fans to take solace in Allah for the irreparable loss,” read parts of the statement.

The government of Kwara State has also issued a statement to commiserate with the family of the player and re-stated her commitment to any issue that will further ensure the well-being of the player.

Meanwhile, Kwara United president Sir Prince Oladimeji Ladi Thompson said the entire soccer fans is no doubt in a mourning mood over Saka Abdulazeez’s death.

Late Saka Abdulazeez,24, joined the service of Kwara United FC from Zamfara FC at the beginning of the current 2016/2017 Nigeria National League (NNL) Season.


A native of Share in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, late Saka Abdulazeez is also a biological son to former African Table Tennis Champion Kasali Lasisi.

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