{"id":22279,"date":"2023-06-14T21:44:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/?p=22279"},"modified":"2023-06-14T21:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:44:56","slug":"thunder-strike-kills-referee-during-friendly-match-in-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/thunder-strike-kills-referee-during-friendly-match-in-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder Strike Kills Referee During Friendly Match In Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A friendly football match in Madalla town Niger State, turned into mourning following the sudden death of a referee who was reportedly hit by a thunder strike.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased simply known as\u00a0Mustafa\u00a0Coach 02 among\u00a0football fans\u00a0and said to be a member of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFA), met his tragic death Tuesday evening during the match played in the community\u2019s primary and secondary schools\u2019 field.<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0eyewitness,\u00a0Muhammed\u00a0Musa, said the match in which Suleja and Madalla youths participated, was on half time break around 5:20 pm when the incident happened.<br \/>\nwas raining and all the\u00a0footballers\u00a0along with their fans were taken refuge inside the school\u2019s classrooms. The referee along with his\u00a0assistant\u00a0(line man) rushed back to the field, demanding the players to join them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were only at the centre of the pitch when the thunder struck. Two of them were rushed to a hospital, where Sulaiman was confirmed dead on arrival while his\u00a0assistant\u00a0was revived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0family member\u00a0of the deceased, who simply gave his name as Ibrahim, said Ibrahim was buried Wednesday morning in Suleja town where he lived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A friendly football match in Madalla town Niger State, turned into mourning following the sudden death of a referee who was reportedly hit by a thunder strike. 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