After securing CAF Champions League group phase ticket in Tunisia on Wednesday at the expense of their host, Etoile du Sahel, Nigeria Premier League champions, Enyimba International of Aba, are stranded in Tunisia due to flight delay by Maroc Air.
Speaking with the club Chairman, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, on phone from Tunis on Thursday, he said the airline had rescheduled their flight from Thursday to Saturday.
Anyansi-Agwu said: “We cannot come back as we planned because our flight have been rescheduled to Saturday.”
He expressed joy over his side’s qualification and predicted good things ahead in the championship for Enyimba.
“We are happy to have made it to the group stage and I think everything is now a possibility for us in this championship,” he said.
Meanwhile, following the intimidation and attack on officials of the Nigeria champions, Enyimba FC, in Sousse after edging out Etoile du Sahel on penalties in the CAF Champions League second round qualifier, the club has stated it would “file a formal letter of complaint to the Confederation of Africa Football”.
The club’s Head of Media, Allaputa Farriel, tweeted: “Enyimba will file a formal letter of complaint to CAF over the actions of Etoile du Sahel.”
According to Anyansi-Agwu: “We will not let our victory overshadow the brutality of Etoile du Sahel. They must pay for what they did. The threat of violence was so high that all Enyimba officials were on the bench during the game, the only safe place they could hide.”
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