DREAM TEAM VI ESCAPE PLANE CRASH, STRANDED IN ACCRA By Shemmy Sholabomi

The country’s Olympic team cheated death on their
way to Gambia for final preparation ahead African
U23 Championship
Nigeria U23 team escaped plane crash on their way to Gambia
on Sunday morning towards perfecting strategies for the
African U23 Championship billed for Senegal.
The Dream Team VI opted for the west African country after
their trip to Morocco was cancelled owing to visa issues.
Goal gathered through one of the Nigeria U23 officials as at
the time of writing this report that the pilot of the Arik Airline
made and emergency landing in Accra, Ghana due to
unexpected technical difficulties to the aircraft and has since
been left stranded in the Ghana capital.
"Thank God for his goodness and his mercies we escaped
plane crash on our way to Gambia, the pilot had to make an
emergency landing in Accra we are still in Accra," a senior
official of the team told Goal after the incident.
"We are still stranded here and we are yet to get any news
from Arik officials.”
The team is likely to depart Accra on Sunday evening after the
Nigeria Football Federation might have arranged new travel
plans.