Nigeria 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.
It was 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 departed Accra on Sunday evening after the Nigeria Football Federation had arranged new travel plans.
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