Nigeria’s U23 team escaped plane crash on
their way to Gambia on Sunday morning
towards perfecting strategies for the African
U23 Championship billed for Senegal.
The Dream Team VI opted for the west
African country after their trip to
Morocco was cancelled owing to visa
issues.
Goal gathered through one of the Nigeria
U23 officials as at the time of writing this
report that the pilot of the Arik Airline
made and emergency landing in Accra,
Ghana due to unexpected technical
difficulties to the aircraft and has since
been left stranded in the Ghana capital.
“Thank God for his goodness and his
mercies we escaped plane crash on our
way to Gambia, the pilot had to make an
emergency landing in Accra we are still in
Accra,” a senior official of the team told
Goal after the incident.
“We are still stranded here and we are yet
to get any news from Arik officials.”
The team is likely to depart Accra on
Sunday evening after the Nigeria Football
Federation might have arranged new
travel plans.
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