NIGERIAN FOOTBALLER DIES DURING CLUB MATCH IN BELGIUM

Nigerian football player Bobsam Elejiko has died during his club match in Belgium .

Fifth-tier Belgian club Merksem S.C. says Bobsam Elejiko collapsed during the Provincial 1 game against F.C. Kaart on Sunday and attempts to resuscitate the Nigerian-born Belgian were unsuccessful.

The cause of death was not immediately clear.Merksem says in a statement on its website that “we express our condolences to the Elejiko family during this difficult time.”

The 30-year-old Elejiko had previously played for Westerlo and Antwerp among other teams.

The match was abandoned after Elejiko’s death.

Bobsam Elejiko played as a central defender in Merksem S.C