2 Oyo referees die within 24 hours

<p>Two members of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) in Oyo State, Rafiu Opeyemi and Ibikunle Abiodun, were reported dead over the weekend.</p>, <p>The deaths of the two referees occurred within 24 hours.</p>, <p>Abiodun, who was until his death a member of the NRA in Akinyele Local Government Area, died on Friday following an illness. Opeyemi, a member of NRA in Ona Ara Local Government Area, died on Saturday in a motor accident in Osu, Osun State, while returning from Abuja, where he had participated in a national fitness test.</p>