Tears as UK-based Nigerian footballer dies after brain injury

Saburi

Saburi Adeniji, a Nigerian footballer and left winger for Kings Park Rangers Football Club of Sudbury, at Great Cornard, Suffolk, England, has died after battling a severe brain stem injury.

The football club is a non-league side competing in the Eastern Counties League Division One North.

In a Saturday statement announcing his death, the club said Adeniji, popularly known as Ola, passed away on Friday morning, noting that he held on until after arrangements were made for his family to travel to the United Kingdom.

“It is with great sadness that we must announce our number 17 Saburi Adeniji ‘Ola’ passed away yesterday morning.“He fought so hard to still be here for when his family arrived. His wife and daughter, unfortunately, arrived this morning, a day late,” the club said.

The club described the late footballer as a devoted family man and a valued member of the team.

“He will always be a King. He will always be loved. As a friend, as a dad, as a husband, as a brother and as a son,” the statement added.