South Africa U-17 rejects Kaduna for security fears

Saturday’s friendly between Emmanuel Amuneke’s Golden
Eaglets of Nigeria U-17 and their South African counterparts
may be played in Abuja after the visitors expressed fears over
the security situation in the Northern Nigerian town of Kaduna.
The match, which was aimed at preparing both Nigeria and
South Africa for next month’s African U17 Championship in
Niger, had been fixed to be played at the Ahmadu Bello
Stadium in Kaduna.
However, it was specially gathered that the South Africa
Football Federation (SAFA) had since asked that the match be
played in Abuja because they fear for their team’s safety in
Kaduna, which is about 200 kilometres from the country’s
capital city.
“The match is now most likely to be played in Abuja after the
fears raised by the South Africans,” a top official informed.
Last week, the South Africa Amajimbos drew 1-1 with Zambia
in another warm-up match. Zambia is in the same first round
group with Nigeria’s Eaglets.