Our correspondent, who visited the stadium on Thursday, met some displeased athletes, who blamed the poor maintenance of the facility for
“So, yesterday , when the windstorm started, I watched the floodlights again for a while, knowing something disastrous might happen, and I saw it and I shouted ‘look at it, look at it, it is falling,’ before it fell down with a vibration. It is part of the carelessness of our country, this is an edifice that should be protected. There is no other stadium like this in Africa, it should be maintained.
An athlete, who gave her name simply as Chidera, said, “The people that used to play football here will not be able to play this weekend when they get here on Saturday, the government needs to remove the floodlight debris from here soon. The glasses will affect those walking around, so, we all have to be more careful now,” she said.
Our correspondent observed some children practicing karate with their trainer, close to the other half of the floodlights that fell. There were no partitions, separations or even a roll of tape. The Stadium Manager Kehinde Owopetu, whose office is very close to the scene of the collapsed floodlights, declined to comment on the issue, saying he needed a directive from the sports ministry in Abuja.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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