Former Nigeria international Yisa Sofoluwe hospitalized in Lagos for brain disease

- Yisa Sofoluwe is currently at the Life Medical Hospital, Ikorodu in Lagos

- The former Super Eagles defender is battling against brain disease

- Sofoluwe may required to be flown abroad for more medical attention

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Former Super Eagles defender Yisa Sofoluwe is now battling for survival in an hospital in Ikorodu, Lagos after being reportedly diagnosed of brain disease.

Yisa Sofoluwe during his active playing time was one of the best left backs Nigeria has ever produced considering his style of play and high sense of defending.

According to the report by PUNCH, the 53-year-old will have to go through a brain magnetic resonance imaging scan so as for the doctors treating him to know the next level.

PUNCH added that it was former international Waidi Akanni who alerted them that Yisa Sofoluwe is currently being hospitalized and needs serious attention.

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“He’s in a coma now as we speak. He has undergone some tests and the doctors found out that he has some dead tissues in his brain. He needs adequate treatment to recover well.''

Yisa Sofoluwe won 40 caps and scored one goal for the Super Eagles and was their regular left back between 1983 and 1988, playing at the 1984 and 1988 African Nations Cups.

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