Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - Abubakar Lawal, a Nigerian footballer, has d!ed after allegedly falling from the third-floor balcony of a shopping mall in Uganda.
Ugandan Police confirmed the footballer’s de@th in a post on
Monday, Feb. 24.
The authorities said Lawal had fallen “from the third floor
of Voice Mall Shopping Arcade on the morning of February 24,
2024″.
Preliminary reports said the footballer “arrived at the shopping mall in
his vehicle, registration number UBQ 695G”, and he was meeting “his friend,
Omary Naima, a Tanzanian national residing in room 416 since February 20,
2024”.
“According to Naima, she left Lawal in the room preparing tea and
proceeded to a game center within the mall,” the police report reads.
“Shortly after, at approximately 8:00 AM, Lawal reportedly
fell from the balcony. He was rushed to Entebbe Referral Hospital, where he was
pronounced de@d.”
The authorities added that CCTV footage from the facility has been
retrieved, and interrogations are being conducted to ascertain the
circumstances surrounding the incident.
Lawal was a striker for Viper SC, a club in the top flight of Ugandan
football.
He moved to Uganda in 2022 to join Vipers SC from Rwanda’s AS
Kigali.
The striker had played in the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) with Kano
Pillars FC, Wikki Tourists FC, and FC Nasarawa before moving to the continent.
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