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30 soccer viewers electrocuted in Calabar

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Jaafar Jaafar
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Jaafar Jaafar is a graduate of Mass Communication from Bayero University, Kano. He was a reporter at Daily Trust, an assistant editor at Premium Times and now the editor-in-chief of Daily Nigerian.
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At least 30 people are feared dead at a football viewing centre in Calabar, the Cross River State capital after being electrocuted by a high tension cable that reportedly fell on them.

Channels TV reported that the football fans were at the centre to watch a UEFA Europa League quarter-final match between Manchester United and Anderlecht on satellite television.

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Manchester United won the match 3-2 aggregate, with Marcus Rashford netting the winner in the 107th minute.

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Channels Television correspondent in Calabar reported that the live electricity cable broke from its mooring and fell on the viewers.

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