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30 Football Fans Electrocuted In Calabar.

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Over 30 football fans lost their lives to electrocution in Calabar, the Cross River state capital after a high tension cable fell on them at a football viewing centre.

The football fans were at the centre to watch a UEFA Europa League quarter-final match between Manchester United and Belgian side Anderlecht when the incident happened.

A survivor said a transformer near the viewing centre located in the Iyang-Esu area of Calabar municipal local government area, exploded during the match.

He said this caused a high-tension cable to drop on the viewing centre

 

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Akin Akingbala is an international journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria. Aside being happily married, he has interests in music, sports and loves traveling.

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