A video showing efforts by Nasarawa and Katsina United medical teams to revive Chieme Martins, who slumped and died during a Week 23 encounter in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) game, has surfaced on social media.
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It was reported that an ambulance available at the stadium was not functional, but the player was later rushed to Dalhatu- Araf Specialist Hospital in Lafia, where he was later pronounced dead.
The League Management Company (LMC), the organisers of the league, has called for an autopsy, to determine the cause of the player’s death.
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