A two-storey building under construction at the Stephen Keshi Stadium Asaba, Delta State in preparation for the 21st National Sports Festival (NSF) from November 28, 2022, has collapsed.
Two persons were rescued by the state firemen in the early hours of Thursday after the building caved in.
The victims believed to be workers at the site are now receiving treatment in a hospital, Director of
the State Fire Service, Mr Eugene Oziwere, told Nigerian Tribune.
It would be recalled that the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, had last week inspected the facility and expressed satisfaction with the level of work and commitment of the state government in ensuring the sports festival holds as planned.
Meanwhile, a team of journalists including Paul Osuyi of the Sun Newspaper, Monday Osayande of Guardian Newspaper, and Amaechi Okwara of Blueprint Newspaper who went to access the level of damage were seriously manhandled on the orders of an official of the Delta State Sports Commission.
The official was said to have ordered his boys to bundle the journalists out of the stadium after seizing their working gadgets.
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