Sad news emerged from Poland
Saturday October 6th as another
Nigerian, 24- year old player,
Joshua Tamunobarabonye
Pepple, died on the pitch while
playing for his Regional League
side, Pomorzanin Nowogard, in
a League game.
According to the reports from
Poland, Tamunobarabonye,
who has starred for various
teams in Poland, fell on the
pitch barely a minute into the
match with Szczecin Śmierdnica ,
but was said to be okay to
continue playing.
In the 26th minute the Nigerian
player, born in Port Harcout, fell
a second time, and while the
game continued into the 30th
minute, the player was
confirmed dead on the field.
Players from both teams and
the referee had to abandon the
match and postponed it to
another date.
The cause of Joshua's death
might have been a heart attack,
but doctors do not exclude neck
injury.
Nonetheless an autopsy is to be
carried out to determine the
actual cause of the death this
week.
Joshua Tamunobarabonye
Pepple was born on June 7,
1988.
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