Nigeria women national team,
the Super Falcons, arrived in
Equatorial Guinea for the 8th
African Women Championship
finals to discover the loss of a
whole
carton of their white jerseys, a
statement by the Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF) media
officer, Ademola Olajire, said on
Monday.
According to the statement, the
Nigerian contingent to the
tournament were treated poorly
on arrival at the tiny west-central
African country.
Quoting NFF’s Director of
Competitions, Dr. Mohammed
Sanusi, the statement said: “We
arrived in Malabo to poor
treatment, had to found a way
to connect to Bata, were rushed
into a low-quality hotel and then
discovered, after changing hotel,
that a whole carton of white
jerseys meant for the team had
got missing on transit.”
Sanusi, who spoke after the
Super Falcons 2-1 victory for
Cameroon at the Nkoantoma
Stadium, said the team was
determined to win gold at the
competition.
The Falcons scored first through
midfielder Onyinyechi
Ohadugha before the
Cameroonians equalized
through a controversial penalty
kick.
Perpetua Nkwocha, four-time
African Woman Player of the
Year and top scorer at the last
edition of the competition in
South Africa two years ago,
scored a diving header in the
89th minute that sealed the
three points for the Cup
holders.
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