Friday 11 October 2013

Eagles: 263-man delegation to hit Addis Ababa-PUNCH

Super Eagles are scheduled to arrive in Addis Ababa on Saturday morning ahead of their first
leg 2014 World Cup qualifying playoff against the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia on Sunday.

In a statement on Thursday, the Nigeria Football Federation General Secretary Musa Amadu said the chattered flight conveying the delegation would leave the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 1.40am on Saturday and touch down at the Addis Ababa Airport at 8am, Ethiopian time.

Amadu said 263 persons, including 23 players, coaches, NFF and National Sports Commission
officials as well as members of the National Assembly and Nigeria Football Supporters’ Club members would board the plane.

He said the federation’s two officials, who arrived in Addis Ababa on Tuesday, had been
working with the Nigerian Embassy in Ethiopia to make l arrangements for the delegation.

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