The wild wind that accompanied a heavy down pour on Tuesday blew away the roof of the Grasshoppers International Handball Court section of the Dan Anyiam Stadium which was recently renovated by former governor Emeka Ihedioha.
The incident which occurred at about 6:45pm following a heavy down pour took some workers of the Imo State Sports Commission and shop owners at the Dan Anyiam Stadium community by surprise as most users of the facilities in the arena including shop owners had retired from their routine activities.
Reacting on the incident, the Director of Sports, Imo Sports Commission, Mrs. Chizotam Aretola expressed shock at the extent of damage the wind caused on the stadium which was recently repaired and earmarked for total renovation by Ihedioha administration.
She thanked God it didn’t occur when athletes were having their training session, saying that the commission would be submitting their report on the incident to the appropriate authorities.
Meanwhile, this is not the first time such incident is occurring as four years back, during the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha, a similar incident also occurred at the same stadium. Luckily, no casualty was recorded then too. These events keep happening despite tonnes of millions of Naira spent on the structure.
Some users of the facilities in Dan Anyiam stadium have used to opportunity to call on Governor Hope Uzodinma to proffer a lasting solution to avoid a recurrence.
