Sports equipment worth thousands of naira stolen from Calabar Stadium

 

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Sports equipment worth thousands of naira have been allegedly carted away by some officials of the Cross River State Sports Commission.

Findings by Boki Blog, revealed that the disappearance of 133 shortput, and 72 discus at the U.J Esuene Stadium last month, has led to the dismissal of two security officials.

Checks by the medium further show that the sports equipment bought under the Liyel Imoke’s Administration were meant for the National Sports Festival which Cross River State got the hosting rights but could not host due to paucity of funds, and was later taken to Edo State.

Confirming the incident, the Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Commission Comrade Emmanuel Elom said “it is true that some people have been arrested over the incident and the police are on top of the situation.

“But surprisingly the two security officials who were on duty when the incident happened were released and the matter taken from the area command Akim Police Station to the Anti Cultism Unit at Cultural Center Complex.”

On his part, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) William Anderson said measure taken to dismissed the two security officials without finding them guilty in a court of law was normal since they are casual workers.

However, he said “proper investigations should be carried out to bring the culprit to justice, this is an organized crime, this sports equipment were not taken in one day.”

Also speaking the stadium manager, Mike Andotant said “it’s somebody that know about the usefulness of the equipment that stole it, it is a group something, for us to loose 133 short put and 72 discus is not one-day something, I think the stadium security did not do their job properly.”

The state Commissioner of Sports Offu Anya confirmed the incident, but however said the stadium is under the control of the Cross River State Sports Commission.

As at the time of going to press, nobody has been charged to court.