A ranar Talata, 25 ga watan Fabrairu, 2025, an sami rudani kan mutuwar dan wasan Najeriya, Abubakar Lawal, wanda aka ce ya fado daga bene na uku a Kampala, Uganda. Lawal, mai shekara 29, yana ziyarar wata budurwa ‘yar Tanzaniya a lokacin da lamarin ya faru.
Rundunar ‘yan sandan Uganda ta fara bincike kan wannan lamari, inda take duba bidiyon CCTV da ke kusa da wurin. An bayyana cewa Lawal ya fado daga katafaren kasuwa inda budurwar tasa ke zaune a dakin da take a dakin kasuwa na Voicemall. Budurwar, Omary Naima, ta shaida wa ‘yan sanda cewa ta bar Lawal yana hada shayi, amma daga baya an same shi a kasa da misalin 8:00 na safe.
Duk da cewa ba a bayyana dalilin faduwarsa ba, an gaggauta kai Lawal asibitin Entebbe Referral, inda likitoci suka tabbatar da mutuwarsa nan take. Kungiyoyin Vipers SC da Kano Pillars, inda Lawal ya taka leda a baya, sun nuna alhinin mutuwarsa tare da kira ga hukumomin Najeriya su gudanar da bincike mai zurfi kan halin da ya kai ga wannan mummunar al’amari.
Hakanan, an bayyana cewa an yi tunanin cewa Lawal na iya mutuwa ne sakamakon hatsarin babur a Entebbe Road, amma binciken ‘yan sanda ya tabbatar da cewa ya fado daga bene. Wannan mutuwar ta janyo fargaba a tsakanin masoya kwallon kafa a Najeriya da kuma Uganda, inda aka yi kira ga gwamnatin Najeriya ta shiga cikin binciken da ya dace.
Abubakar Lawal ya koma kungiyar Vipers SC a watan Yuli 2022, bayan shafe shekaru biyu yana taka leda a AS Kigali ta Ruwanda. Rasuwarsa ta zama babban rashi ga masoya kwallon kafa a duk inda ya yi tasiri.