Friday, 11 March 2016

Warri Wolves raise alarm over Al-Merrikh SC excess delegation

The management of Warri Wolves have expressed concern over the excess delegation of their opponents Al-Merrikh SC of Sudan in this weekend CAF Champions League first round first league.


SportingLife understands that the management of El Merrikh wrote to Warri Wolves management that they are coming to Nigeria with 31-man delegation.

It was gathered that Al-Merrikh arrived in Nigeria 2pm on Thursday aboard Egypt Airline only to discover that they sneaked in additional ten people to the surprise of their host team.

The club’s media officer, Azuka Chiemeka, who received the delegation in Abuja, told SportingLife that Warri Wolves will only responsible for 31-man delegation while other take care of themselves.

“They (Al-Merrikh) didn’t follow what they told us. They wrote to us that they are coming with 31-man delegation which we planned for, but what we have here in Abuja is more than the expected delegation. There is an extra ten people. We have told them that we can only responsible for the number of delegation they told us while the remaining people should take care of themselves,” Chiemaka told SportingLife.

Al-Merrikh stayed at the Gombe Hotel, Abuja on Thursday and they are expecting to fly to Warri by 9 am today by Arik Airline.

He also disclosed that Speaker Delta State House of Assemble, Rt. Honourable Monday Igbuya will represent the state governor on Sunday.


“The speaker will be the number one supporter of Warri Wolves on Sunday. All arrangement is going on as planned. We are only praying for Sunday to come. All the players are intact we don’t have any injury worry,” he said.

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