Over 30 football fans electrocuted in Calabar

21 April 2017 2:49 am WAT

By sunnews

IT was a sad day for residents of Calabar, the Cross River capital yesterday as no fewer than 30 football fans were reportedly electrocuted by a high tension cable that fell on them.
The football fans were said to have assembled at the centre to watch a UEFA Europa League quarter-final match between Manchester United and Anderlecht on satellite television.
Channels reported that the live electricity cable broke from its mooring and fell on the viewers.

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