by This is indeed a habit for fanatic club supporters these days, it is recalled that previous incidents have been occurring in the past in different locations around the globe.
Football games are mainly for entertainment purposes and for other forms of recreation. But due to the over-love some people have for their various clubs, they tend to take the love to the extreme, thereby becoming die-hard fanatics.
This incident below reported by Punchng, happened several months ago, but I would love to share it here so everyone can learn and turn a new leaf.
We should start taking sport activities for what it was created to be and not the other way round.
They report stated that;
An argument over two European football clubs – Chelsea and Barcelona – has resulted in the death of a 28-year-old man, Saifullahi Abdullahi, in the Danja Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Abdullahi reportedly lost his life after the argument degenerated into a fight between him and the suspect, Idris Yusuf, 18.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened on December 18, 2021 in Danja.
The police revealed that the victim’s father reported the incident at the Danja Police Station on December 20, 2021.
Yusuf was arraigned on Monday before a Katsina Senior Magistrate’s Court on charges of homicide in accordance with Section 190(4) of the Katsina State Penal Code Law 2021.
The police prosecutor, Sergeant Lawal Bello, told the court that Abdullahi collapsed during the fight between him and the defendant.
He added that the victim was rushed to a medical center where he later died.
The first information report of the incident which was also read in court stated in part, “On December 18, 2021, around 3.30pm, Saifullahi Abdullahi had an argument with you, Idris Yusuf, 18, of Hayan Asibiti Quarters, Danja, over which football club is more powerful and better between Chelsea FC and Barcelona FC in the European Championship. Hence, it resulted in fighting, during which the said Saifullahi Abdullahi collapsed and became unconscious.
“Consequently, the victim was rushed to the Danja Comprehensive Health Center, where he was admitted and later died while receiving treatment and was certified dead by a medical doctor.”
The prosecutor sought a date that the case could come up for mention.
Credit: PunchNG
