Eagles land in Calabar

THE Super Eagles arrived Calabar, the Cross River State capital yesterday afternoon via an Arik Airplane after a 55minutes flight from Abuja, the nation's capital.The team led by Head Coach, Stephen Keshi touched down at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, at about 12:40pm and was received as usual with dancing and singing by a cultural troupe and some women footballers. At the head of the reception party was the State Sports Commissioner, Patrick Ugbe, Special Adviser on Security to the governor, Rekpene Bassey and NFF Head, Technical, Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme.Speaking at the airport reception, Ugbe, said Governor Liyel Imoke, wishes the team another splendid stay in Calabar, and he will again personally lead football supporters to cheer the Eagles to victory on Saturday. 'The Governor is presently out of the country, but you have his total and unflinching support and he has said he will personally be here to cheer the team on Saturday', he said.Like it happened two weeks ago, the team was led to their Transcorp Metropolitan Hotel abode with singing and drumming, before they had lunch at the hotel at about 2pm.Thereafter the team headed for the Abraham Ordia Stadium in the University of Calabar, where they had their first workout for the game against the Wasps of Rwanda. The team will move to the UJ Esuene Stadium from Wednesday morning, for the final phase of its training for the Nations Cup qualifier on Saturday.
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