Over 30 people have reportedly lost their lives while watching a football match at a viewing centre in in Calabar, Cross River State.
According to a
report by Channels TV, the deceased were killed after being electrocuted
by a high tension cable that reportedly fell on the viewing centre.
It
was also reported that the football fans, who assembled at the centre
to watch a UEFA Europa League quarter-final match between Manchester
United and Anderlecht on satellite television, lost their lives when a
live electricity cable broke from its mooring and fell on the viewing
centre.
There are no official statements regarding the sad occurrence as at the time of publishing.
