Nigeria dismiss Congo Ebola fears for Nations Cup game
The reigning African champions are set to take on Congo on September 6 in the southeast Nigerian
city of Calabar .
The visitors, replacements for
But Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, spokesman Ademola
Olajire said the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has not told them
directly of Congo 's
concerns.
"The game will be played as planned on September 6 as
we have not been informed by CAF of any protest by Congo ," he said.
"Nigeria
has already won the battle against Ebola and so any visiting team has any
reason to stay away from the country. Therefore there are no changes in the
date and venue for this match."
There have been five deaths from Ebola in Nigeria out of 13 confirmed cases.
All of the patients have been in Lagos ,
560 kilometres (350 miles) from Calabar.
A number of Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers have been
rescheduled to neutral venues because of the Ebola outbreak, which has killed
more than 1,400 people in West Africa since
the start of the year.
The worst affected countries have been Liberia and Sierra Leone .
Earlier this month, Lesotho
refused to play final qualifier in Nigeria for the 2015 African Youth
Championship after they also complained about Ebola. CAF disqualified them from
the competition.
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