Another victim of Calabar football fans electrocution tragedy, Mr
Ferdinand Anok, who was an Inspector of Immigration with the Cross River
State command has died in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital
(UCTH) in Calabar, Cross River State.
Anok was among the eleven (11) football fans that sustained various
level of injuries at a make-shift viewing centre when a high tension
cable fell on the roof while they were watching the Europa League match
between Manchester United and Ajax on April 20, 2017.
The victims of the tragic incident were hospitalized at the UCTH.
DAILY POST has now gathered that of these number (11 persons)
hospitalised, six have been discharged while four are still on sick bed.
However, the Chief Medical Director of UCTH, Prof. Thomas Agan
confirmed the dead of Anok in a telephone interview with DAILY POST. He
said he was called around 2am to be informed about the death. “I was
called at around 2am to be informed that he has passed on,” he said.
The mother of the deceased, Mrs Maria Mbua-Bisong said her son died
around 1am on Tuesday at the UCTH. Hear her, “Over two months now, my
son has been under serious heart pains. We have been moving from one
hospital to the other. The pains were increasing by the day. After over
two months of the incident, he finally gave up at around 1am.”
The Police at the time of the incident confirmed that seven persons
died in the incident that happened around 9.30pm at Nyagasang, Atimbo
area in Calabar Municipal local government area of the state, and with
this latest development, death toll has now risen to eight.
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