Officials for Saturday’s make-or-break 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria and Guinea will arrive in the Federal Capital, Abuja on Wednesday.
Match Commissioner, Souleymane Magassouba from Mali, will fly into Lagos aboard an ASKY Airline flight at 3pm, alongside the match referees from Cote d’Ivoire. The five persons will then be airlifted to Abuja aboard Air Nigeria flight in the evening of same day.
The centre referee is Ivorian Doue Normandiez, with his compatriots Yeo Songuifolo, Bayere Moussa and Dembele Denis as 1st Assistant, 2nd Assistant and 4th Official respectively.
The Security Officer for the game, Cameroonian Abel Mbengue, will fly into Lagos aboard an Air Nigeria flight from Douala at 8pm on Thursday, and then connect Abuja on Friday morning.
Opponents Guinea have yet to respond to several inquiries by the Nigeria Football Federation on the contingent’s day and time of arrival. The team will stay at Hotel de Bently, Utako, Abuja.
Meanwhile, Captain Joseph Yobo and left back Taye Taiwo arrived the Super Eagles’ Transcorp Hilton Hotel camp on Tuesday morning, just as the squad returned from morning training session. This brought the number of players in camp to 19.
Forward Ekigho Ehiosun and defender Efe Ambrose, who got married on Saturday in Kaduna and was at a registry in Kaduna on Tuesday morning for the court angle of the solemnization, were being expected before evening training session.
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