Instead of staying at the
five-star hotel, the West Africans made reservations at the plush Davok Suites,
ahead of Friday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against the Super Eagles.
Cameroon officials have
claimed they turned away the palatial Ibom Le Meridien Hotel and Golf Resorts,
because of the fear of Nigerian witchcraft, ‘juju’.
The Lions also flew in only
on Thursday and will head to the airport and back to Yaounde immediately after
the match on Friday.
“We know Nigerians and your
witchcraft but you know Cameroon’s witchcraft is also very strong,” Jean
Jacques Mouandjo of Cameroon FA FECAFOOT Communications Department told
Completesportsnigeria.com.
“So, we decided to pick our
own hotel to avoid Nigerian witchcraft. We’re not afraid, we just wanted to
keep our players concentrated fully on the match.
“We also wanted to stay
away from where there will be too many Nigerians distracting our players. We
don’t want anything to affect our players’ focus because we want to win in
Uyo.”
FECAFOOT’s young Community
Manager, Valery Gweha, even went a step further to say Nigeria defeated
Cameroon with ‘juju’ recently.
“That (Desire) Oparanozie
goal against Cameroon in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations was ‘juju’. I’m very
sure. That goal was not ordinary,” Gweha, who is handling media accreditation
for Monday’s return leg of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, said.
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