PETER AKINBO writes on how death was averted at the National Stadium, Lagos, on Wednesday after a dilapidated floodlight pillar came crashing down
The athlete who escaped death by a whisker turned out to be Sandra Odeyale, who represented Delta State at multiple National Sports Festivals, winning three silver medals in para-powerlifting.
But there was also a hint of anger in her tone, disappointed that the arena she had been training for over a decade, almost took her life. “The boy immediately started pushing my wheelchair, and we started running, I’ve never run like that in my life. We were soaked in the rain. As we were running, the floodlights and the pillar fell right behind us, exactly where we were a moment ago,” she added.“It was that morning I met the boy that saved me. I had wanted to climb up one of the ramps earlier and he offered to help me. Later, he went to pick up his clothes where he dropped them before the rain started.
“I went there and touched the wreckage of the floodlights on the floor and marveled that ‘this is what wanted to kill us.’ I thanked the Lord for sparing me and the boy. “I won’t be there again anytime it is raining; people are saying the three floodlights left will also fall and that the government should replace them so that there won’t be casualties if it happens.”
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