All but one Super Eagle are already set for the ‘Nest of Champions’, the nickname for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, the venue for the potentially titanic battle of Super Eagles and South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
NFF chief information officer, Ademola Olajire in a media release reveals that a challenging logistics planning for Friday’s match should be taken care off by this Wednesday evening.
According to him, only Maduka Okoye, one of the three goalkeepers invited has not yet hit the camp. The Italy-based Okoye was already in Nigeria and had been booked for a flight out of the Federal Capital.
He is expected later in the day. Also, expected is the South African delegation and the match officials in the Akwa Ibom State capital.
Majority of the match officials were also booked for flights out of the Federal Capital, with only referee assessor Ahmed Sayed Abou Elela from Egypt due to arrive in Nigeria on Thursday.
As at the time of this report, the South African delegation was on a chartered aircraft bound for Lagos, due to arrive at 3.30pm. Delegation members have been scheduled to alight from the aircraft and complete immigration formalities in Lagos before boarding the chartered jet again for the 45-minute flight to Uyo, to arrive on Wednesday evening.
The nationwide industrial action that began on Monday threw general planning for the big match off-gear, and the Nigeria Football Federation had to opt for chartered jet-arrangements to get players stranded in Lagos and Abuja down to the Akwa Ibom State capital.