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MARADONA’S LAWYER DEMANDS PROBE OVER THE LEGEND’S DEATH

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Diego Maradona with his doctor Leopoldo Luque after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain, in Buenos Aires on Nov 11, 2020. PHOTO: AFP/DIEGO MARADONA PRESS OFFICE

Diego Maradona’s lawyer, Matias Morla, said on Thursday (Nov 26) that he would ask for a full investigation into the circumstances of the football star’s death,  and criticised what he said was a slow response by emergency service.

Maradona, 60, died on Wednesday at his Tigre home in the north of Buenos Aires after suffering heart failure.

The former footballer had various health problems and weeks ago he had undergone surgery for a blood clot in his head.

“It is inexplicable that for 12 hours my friend has had no attention or check-up from the personnel dedicated to these ends,” Morla said in a statement on his Twitter account.

“The ambulance took more than half an hour to arrive, which was a criminal idiocy,” he added, saying that the fact should not be “brushed aside” and that he would seek a full investigation into the matter.

Reuters

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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