CAF to take action on Gabon over Eaglets

A source within CAF, who replied Fever Pitch’ SMS over the incident, added that CAF has passed on the issue to its disciplinary committee to investigate and take action over the incident. “The committee would sit over the issue and decide the line of action to take but the letter is with us” the source message […]

A source within CAF, who replied Fever Pitch’ SMS over the incident, added that CAF has passed on the issue to its disciplinary committee to investigate and take action over the incident.
 “The committee would sit over the issue and decide the line of action to take but the letter is with us” the source message read.
 NFF were angered with Gabon because the Eaglets having flown from their base in Calabar to Lagos and travelled by road from Lagos to Cotonou as a result of the cancellation of all Gabon –bound flights from Lagos, the delegation members were issued boarding passes on the ASKY Airline flight from Cotonou to Libreville, via Lome, only to be subjected to the harsh treatment after landing in the Togolese capital.
A team of 18 players and six officials were left embarrassed when the airline informed them that Gabonese authorities had instructed that they be offloaded from the aircraft alongside their luggage even when CAF has given Nigeria a free pass regarding the Ebola virus with only Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia banned temporarily due to the pandemic.
“It is painful because our players have taken serious precautions and even have Ebola –free Medical Certificates.
“The Nigeria Football Federation is sorely disappointed by this attitude of Gabonese authorities and we implore CAF to come into this matter and determine the issue of the qualifying fixture.” Secretary General Musa Amadu wrote in the letter to CAF.