Nigeria’s under-17 team,the Golden Eaglets landed in Libreville, Saturday for the African Under- 17 championship qualifier and are ready to punish their Gabonese opponents who subjected them to a harrowing travel ordeal, because of concerns for the Ebola virus running riot in West Africa.
The match was scheduled for Saturday, but Gabonese officials ordered the Eaglets not to fly into their country, after the delegation had boarded an aircraft in Lome, Togo.
However, following intervention by CAF, the Eaglets eventually left Togo on Saturday morning and arrived in Libreville at about 4.45pm yesterday.
“The team left and did arrive in Gabon for the match. The Nigeria Football Federation will not be taking any further action on the matter,” said NFF spokesperson Ademola Olajire.
Gabon, which banned flights from all Ebola ravaged countries, had refused entry to the Nigerian contingent, forcing the NFF to write to CAF, whose intervention lead to the Gabonese embassy granting the Eaglets visas.
Nigeria has rolled back the spread of the disease to a large extent, but the Central African country was still adamant the Eaglets who had certificates of healthfulness stay out of their air space.
Nigeria were runners up in the last African Under-17 Championship, losing 1-0 to Ivory Coast in the final, however they conquered the World in Dubai last year to lift the FIFA under-17 World Cup.
The match was scheduled for Saturday, but Gabonese officials ordered the Eaglets not to fly into their country, after the delegation had boarded an aircraft in Lome, Togo.
However, following intervention by CAF, the Eaglets eventually left Togo on Saturday morning and arrived in Libreville at about 4.45pm yesterday.
“The team left and did arrive in Gabon for the match. The Nigeria Football Federation will not be taking any further action on the matter,” said NFF spokesperson Ademola Olajire.
Gabon, which banned flights from all Ebola ravaged countries, had refused entry to the Nigerian contingent, forcing the NFF to write to CAF, whose intervention lead to the Gabonese embassy granting the Eaglets visas.
Nigeria has rolled back the spread of the disease to a large extent, but the Central African country was still adamant the Eaglets who had certificates of healthfulness stay out of their air space.
Nigeria were runners up in the last African Under-17 Championship, losing 1-0 to Ivory Coast in the final, however they conquered the World in Dubai last year to lift the FIFA under-17 World Cup.
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