Gov Ben Ayade of Cross RiverYet-to-be completed multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall at the U. J. Esuene, Stadium in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State has collapsed.
Contract for the stadium was said to have been awarded at the cost of $14 million (about N2.2 billion), and the amount paid upfront to Henley Brecon and Mayfield Limited, during the regime of Governor Liyel Imoke, and the amount paid upfront to, the handlers of the project.
The uncompleted indoor sports hall was one of the facilities meant for the hosting of the National Sports Festival, which could have been hosted by the state since.
Eyewitness account said that the structure collapsed in the afternoon, a few minutes after some people finished cleaning the debris from the uncompleted facility. [myad]
