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African U-17 Championship: Eaglets to hit Gabon by roadThe Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has disclosed that it has concluded arrangements for a 30-man Nigerian contingent to travel by road through Cotonou, Benin Republic, to connect flight to Gabon for the Golden Eaglets crucial tie against Gabon on Saturday.
General Secretary of the federation, Mr. Musa Amadu, who made the disclosure while recounting the ordeal the federation passed through to secure traveling visa for the 18 players and 12 officials blamed the arrangement to travel by road on the Ebola Virus Diseases.
Lamenting that the Gabonese authorities banned the flight between Nigeria and Gabon, the Glass House’s chief scribe said part of the itinerary of the team would be for the team to leave Calabar for Lagos and travel by road today to Cotonou.
“With regards to the U-17, you have to understand that there have been issues with certain countries concerning Ebola Virus Disease. Recall that a match commissioner from Gabon for the Nigeria, Lesotho first game in Kaduna pulled out over Ebola.
“He had sent a letter to NFF and CAF that he will not be able to come because the authorities in Gabon stopped their citizens from visiting countries with Ebola cases, including Nigeria. I know that CAF changed the Match Commissioner, but the Lesotho contingents did not come for the same fear of Ebola.
“When our protocol officers went to the Gabonese Embassy to obtain visas, they were not initially granted until Wednesday when they invited and finally issued visas to 18 players and 12 officials, making it a 30-man contingent.
“However, the challenges we are facing now is that there is no direct flight from Nigeria to Gabon because the Gabonese authorities have stopped all the airlines flying directly between the two countries.
“So, we are now looking at the possibility of our team to leave from Calabar to Lagos, sleep overnight and travel by road to Cotonuo, Benin Republic and see the possibility of taking flight from there to Gabon latest Friday because the match comes up on Saturday,” he revealed.
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