Delta rescues own supporters

Disturbed by the pathetic condition of members of the Nigerian Supporters club, who have remained stranded in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo 14 days after the end of the 25th edition of the Nations Cup soccer tournament,the Delta State Government headed by Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has directed that 10 of the members of the contingent, who are from his State, be airlifted back immediately.

This move according to the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, is neither a form of discrimination nor segregation, rather it should be viewed as assisting in reducing the financial burden involved in the task of airlifting the entire contingent, who are over 100. nigeriasports.com gathered that, if other bodies, governments and individuals could toe the step of the Delta State, "all our dear brothers and sisters, who went on a national assignment for the country should be home in no time." "The Delta State Government would have loved doing more than this, but it is quite a herculean task to go the hog all alone. We have decided to do this so as to ginger some other people into doing same so that the embarrassment should stop immediately nigeriasports.com source hinted us last night. It would be recalled that, members of the Nigerian Supporters Club have been stranded in Egypt following some lulls in their flight arrangements to and from the north African nation. Earlier, the Osun State Government had appealed to the Presidency to give the languishing Nigerian ball cheerers a helping hand in flying them back home to Papa's land, Nigeria.The plea, we gathered, hit the Presidency on the hearing ear and it was reported that the cheerers would soon be home - but as at this report, none of the members had been sighted in Lagos.