Benin’s players initially would not leave the team bus after being told the players who had tested positive were ineligible for the crucial Group L match in Freetown, where Sierra Leone needed to win, while Benin required only a draw for a place in next January’s finals.
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The party member, Ibrahim Sorie Koroma, filed for the injunction on Thursday, saying there was evidence of electoral fraud that needed to be investigated before the poll could go ahead.
A NAN correspondent, who was in Freetown to monitor the country’s general elections, reports on Sunday that Nigerian music was being played in most of the commercial taxis, radio and television stations.
The airline made the announcement in a statement issued by its Corporate Communications Manager, Chris Iwarah, on Sunday in Lagos.
Red Cross volunteers are digging for survivors and supporting distraught families in the wake of heavy flooding and mudslides that have ripped through Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown.
Red Cross spokesman, Abu Tarawallie, said by telephone that the death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are recovered.