A member
of the NFF Executive Committee, Babagana Kalli will serve as match
commissioner in Wednesday’s CAF Champions League first round, second leg match
between Armed Forces of The Gambia and FC De San Pedro of Cote d’Ivoire, taking
place in Banjul, capital of The Gambia.
The game
is one of the several matches in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation
Cup holding this week, with Nigerian champions Lobi Stars taking on US De Loum
of Cameroon in Enugu.
Lobi
Stars were to host the game on their homeground in Makurdi but ongoing work on
the runway of the military airport in Makurdi meant the Cameroonian delegation
could not be flown to the Benue State capital. CAF regulations say visiting
teams must be airlifted to any venue superior to 200 kilometres, and there is
no other airport within a 200 –kilometre radius of Makurdi.
Pleas
by the Nigeria Football Federation for the Cameroonian delegation to see reason
and travel to Makurdi from Abuja by road with the cover of maximum police
escort and a comfortable bus fell on deaf ears. CAF eventually intervened by
directing that the match be played in Enugu, which is Lobi Stars’ given
alternate venue.
The match
holds on Wednesday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. Lobi Stars lost the first leg
in Cameroon 0-1.

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