The
journey to Lima Peru for the Super Eagles appears to be forever
duration as they were forced to sleep at the Madrid Airport on Sunday
after the initial Saturday night miss in Lagos.
Following Saturday’s drug incident at the Murtala
Mohammed Airport in Lagos, which forced the cancellation of the Iberia
Airline flight that the Super Eagles were boarding to Lima via Madrid
for Wednesday international friendly against Peru, it was double pain
for the team as they missed the connecting flight from Madrid to Lima.
The Saturday night flight from Lagos was delayed for
hours while National Drug Law Enforcement Agency searched the plane and
passengers for illegal drugs. The long screening which was the second
for the same flight that night later developed into an outright
cancellation
The team departed Lagos at about 10.30am Nigerian
time and got into Madrid at 4.30 Nigerian time but were told by
officials of Iberia that they had missed the flight to Lima. The players
were then forced to put up at the Madrid Airport, since they had only
airport transit visas and could not be checked into any hotel in the
city.
Provision was however made for the team’s meal in the
airport by Iberia and later in the night players and officials moved to
an arranged lounge were they put up and had light refreshments before
going to bed.
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