A young boy has been stabbed to death during a friendly street football match in Okota, Lagos after the match turned violent. One of the players stabbed an opponent to death at the weekend when the misunderstanding started. According to Vanguard, some youths from Oseni Liade Street were playing football at the end of the street, when a group of boys from neighbouring Taiwo Street came to join them. But the visiting youths were told to wait for their turn. At the end of the first round, another set of players, among who were the visiting youths, were expected to take over the football pitch. But eyewitnesses said they were disallowed, an action that degenerated into a fight. In the process, one of them, Kayode Babayanju, of 8, Taiwo Street, was alleged to have stabbed another youth, Michael Tanko, in the hollow of his left elbow. Tanko, a Senior Secondary School 2 student of Hills International School, reportedly ...
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