domesifa:
I remember that day. I was in Primary 2. Dad broke the news at home. Mom and we (my siblings) wept profusely (as if we knew anything about the late Okwaraji then).

We all developed hatred for the name Angola. We assumed that the Angolans were responsible for his death. We ensured that the name Angola was expunged from all our books, calendars and maps.

Wow! I was some days old then, I grow up learning different stories like the Indian kill him with JuJu, that a ball turned into lion...myth

DoctorStylish:
RIP to the hero . India vs Nigeria 99 - 0 .

Lols...I was actually looking for this comment...the real brainwashers

I remember the day vividly. It was my mums 40th birthday party.

From the picture above he was left deserted on the pitch with just two players checking pulse?... No defibrillation,or CPR nor ordinary privacy even. He should and never to have been alone even for 1minute. To me,nothing tangible was done to revive him back. This shouldn't have taken him in a saner clime. This same incident came to take Eriksson at just concluded Euros 2020 but he was rescued. Emergency preparedness is ZERO in Nigeria. You are on your own so far Nigeria is concerned.
Nigeria have been failing from ages even.
God should please protect us all...

May his soul continue to rest in perfect peace.

I hear say him shot dey kill goalkeeper

Skyview01:
That was the good old days! Kwam 1 had a song for Okwaraji.

Oooooo Okwaraji ooo, Oooo Okwarajioo! iwo nikan lowo baba, iwo nikan lowo mamaa, ...to a gba bolu yiooo, O ge won lege ara oo.
or something like that.

It was Alh. Killington Ayinla not Kwam1.

Skyview01:
That was the good old days! Kwam 1 had a song for Okwaraji.

Oooooo Okwaraji ooo, Oooo Okwarajioo! iwo nikan lowo baba, iwo nikan lowo mamaa, ...to a gba bolu yiooo, O ge won lege ara oo.
or something like that.

Lolz......no be kwam 1, na General Killington sing am bro

He died when death was recognised, many Nigerians mourned his death, it pained many of us. Unlike today when death has lost its honour, that we don't value either death or the taken soul.

Nat2008:
Our indomie and android generation will not know him

RIP MAN

Bwana all BlueBand generation at least know him

Skyview01:
That was the good old days! Kwam 1 had a song for Okwaraji.

Oooooo Okwaraji ooo, Oooo Okwarajioo! iwo nikan lowo baba, iwo nikan lowo mamaa, ...to a gba bolu yiooo, O ge won lege ara oo.
or something like that.

ton ba n gba bolu lorun, ko ge won lege ara....

I was about a year old then, so I didn't know anything.

But we grew up learning about the legendary player from different fabulous stories.

One popular legend was that he died in a match between India and Nigeria. The match ended 100-1.

It was said that India had promised to give Nigeria the victory if they can manage to score a goal. By turning the ball into different objects and animals, India was able to score 100 goals.

Okwaraji was said to have had a scoring chance. He kicked the ball, but the ball had turned to stone. Okwaraji scored, but he lost his life in the process.

It was when I got to secondary school that I learnt about the true match during which he had died.

Fables were the order of the day at that time. However, they made our childhoods very memorable.

Rest on, great man.

Zenithpeak:


It was near impossible to revive him that day... He contended for an aerial ball with an opponent and dropped down almost motionless and was the end. He couldn't make it to the hospital.

Your account may not be totally correct.
There was nothing like almost motionless. Austin Eguavoen was the first to get close to him and as at then he still told him " kporom doctor, kporom doctor". He did not die on the pitch.

Chinny024:
From the picture above he was left deserted on the pitch with just two players checking pulse?... No defibrillation,or CPR nor ordinary privacy even. He should and never to have been alone even for 1minute. To me,nothing tangible was done to revive him back. This shouldn't have taken him in a saner clime. This same incident came to take Eriksson at just concluded Euros 2020 but he was rescued. Emergency preparedness is ZERO in Nigeria. You are on your own so far Nigeria is concerned.
Nigeria have been failing from ages even.
God should please protect us all...

That is just a random image.

The Super Eagles (they were called the Green Eagles, then) never wore white jerseys with blue letterings.

RIP!
The guy wan resemble Beautiful Nubia

So many un-true account here.

Fact:
Nigerians only got to hear of his death the following day, Sunday.

Sam was not confirmed dead on the pitch

The death of those who died as a result of the stampede was not confirmed on the Saturday too.

rollywise:

I be wan waka pass your comment but no before I say this. You be mumu

u too mumu kill u der

Skyview01:
That was the good old days! Kwam 1 had a song for Okwaraji.

Oooooo Okwaraji ooo, Oooo Okwarajioo! iwo nikan lowo baba, iwo nikan lowo mamaa, ...to a gba bolu yiooo, O ge won lege ara oo.
or something like that.

. Not K1 but Killington Ayinla

Ur papa. Which kind click bait be this??

I was 5 + then. My brother was feeding me when we heard his demise on 7pm news, at that tender age I was down. Angola is evil

I will never forget that day, I was in Primary 6 even though I didn't watch the match I followed the commentary and when he slumped it was later in the evening it was confirmed that he died, men I couldn't sleep that night fa. He was that loved

Hmnnn, Sabi they said another one died when we played India? Is he the one?

Waakanda:
He'll forever be remembered ♡

Sure a true hero.

ppogba:


Your account may not be totally correct.
There was nothing like almost motionless. Austin Eguavoen was the first to get close to him and as at then he still told him " kporom doctor, kporom doctor". He did not die on the pitch.

Okwaraji never left the pitch alive... He was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital. I saw the match live on NTA....

A little correction on my previous post.

I remember he stood up briefly and then fell down again and that was the end. He never got the chance to be resuscitated.

I also remember that NTA stopped the transmission shortly before he was taken to the waiting ambulance.

My account is not far from what actually happened.

olympianares:
Lols...I was actually looking for this comment...the real brainwashers

Lol

Some people could be funny, they are talking about indomie generation, even Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) generation didn't know, they only get to know true history not to talk of Indomie generation of yesterday.

The love Nigerians had for him is only Rashidi Yekini could match that feat. We kept his calendar in our house till sometimes 93 or 94 before it was disposed off. A great player he was.

It kollington ayinla that sang the song not kwam 1

Skyview01:
That was the good old days! Kwam 1 had a song for Okwaraji.

Oooooo Okwaraji ooo, Oooo Okwarajioo! iwo nikan lowo baba, iwo nikan lowo mamaa, ...to a gba bolu yiooo, O ge won lege ara oo.
or something like that.

Sam Okwaraji died for his fatherland Nigeria, but dying for his fatherland Nigeria, Sam Okwaraji died in vain!

Even though I was a month old during his death but his name is still fresh on my mind.
Continue to Rest In Peace brother!

We shall meet if you made it to heaven.

BluntTheApostle:


That is just a random image.

The Super Eagles (they were called the Green Eagles, then) never wore white jerseys with blue letterings.

Yeah I still remember vividly the Jersey they wore that day, it was a green Jersey with white stripes on the chest on white shorts.

They never ever wore that Jersey again.

BluntTheApostle:


That is just a random image.

The Super Eagles (they were called the Green Eagles, then) never wore white jerseys with blue letterings.

I hope so..

Sam okparaji
Was a player
He came to play
For Nigeria

As he was playing
He fell and died
That was the end forNigeria ��