English football club, Manchester United, have announced that their players will wear black armbands to mourn the football fans who died after a high-tension cable fell on a viewing centre in Calabar, Cross Rivers State on Thursday, April 20.
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The Red Devils will honour the fans on Sunday as they welcome Swansea City in the English Premier League.
Manchester United stated this on their Twitter handle on Friday.
The #MUFC players will wear black armbands on Sunday in memory of the seven fans who lost their lives recently in Calabar, Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/iTvsZkbXqt
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 28, 2017
Thirty persons were originally reported to have died after an electricity pole fell on the roof of the viewing centre where they were watching the Europa League match between United and Belgian team, Anderlecht.
The Nigerian police later gave an official figure of seven casualties.
