Week 2 of the Dstv Premier Basketball served fans and lovers of the game with thrilling and exciting basketball action across nation as the “Slamming and Dunking” game took over the weekend after the successful Presidential elections stole the show the penultimate weekend.
However, in all of the excitement, basketball fans in Kaduna missed out of the fun as the game between their darling Kada Stars and visitors, newly promoted FCT Rocks from Abuja was called off following the directive of the Kaduna state Government to shut down all public places.
According to reports gathered from the the Nigerian Basketball Federation ( NBBF ) secretariat, the Kaduna State Government released a report which stated thus,
“We have issued a directive closing down all public places in Kaduna due to casualties recorded during celebrations of the outcome of last week’s elections and also, the subsequent vandalization of some public places including Murtala Square,home court of the Kada Stars”.
In view of the foregoing, the organisers of the league, the Nigerian Basketball Federation cancelled the game between Kada Stars and FCT Rocks slated for Friday, 3rd April, 2015 at the Murtala Mohammed Square. No date has however been fixed yet for the game as at press time but will be communicated in due course, says Assistant Secretary for the Federation, Mr. Onyeka Emeka.
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