Two-time African Champions League winners, Enyimba FC, has expressed deep shock at the treatment the club got from their hosts, Anges de Notse of Togo, ahead of Sunday’s clash in Lome.
The Eagle Online gathered that the Aba Millionaires were kept in uncompleted hotel building in a remote part of Lome.
Competent sources in Lome also hinted the delegation from Nigeria would have been stranded at the Gnassingbe Eyadema International Airport if not for private arrangement Enyimba made ahead of the trip, as there were no officials of Anges de Notse and Togo Football Federation representatives to receive them at the airport.
In his reaction to the poor treatment, Enyimba’s Chairman, Felix Anyansi, questioned: “What kind of inhuman treatment is this?
“Are we dogs?
“Are we dogs that you can go out and bring food in containers for?
“Is this the way you people behave, after the warm hospitality you got in Nigeria?
“If you must win a match, must you go to these lengths?
“You brought a team to an uncompleted building, where there is no security, no food, no water just to win a match.
“Since 3pm we got here, everyone is still standing outside with their luggage.
“This is 11 pm.
“What is this?
“What are you doing?”
Anyansi, in the company of Nigerian Embassy officials, finally took the team back into central Lome, where they finally had dinner and were lodged in a more decent place.
The Nigeria Football Federation representatives that arrived with the team have informed the Confederation of African Football of the actions of Anges de Notse and the Togo Football Federation.
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