[ACN2010] PRAY FOR TOGO..BUS ATTACKED..3 DEAD !

[anointed]

It may be best for Togo to pull out.

This is a serious blow to the ANC.

You can say that again.

I'm just angry at Togo, Angola, CAF...all of them.

So so sad. This could have been Nigeria.

[kamerun]

Was Adebayor in that bus? Ive not heard anything from him....

[SUYA]

From a Strategic National interest perspective...Nigeria should not let a crisis go without taking advantage of it. Nigeria should pleadge a few brigades to Angola and Congo to help secure the area....

Why ?? Did you say solowe? Well, first of all in light of the Abdulmutalabb crisis Nigeria can show leadership in Africa in combating rebel forces, also there is a lot of Oil in that basin in the golf of guinea...time to put a nigerian presence there so that we can sign agreements with those governments to explore oil there....

Guys , please dont get sentimental on me with you tipid responces. This is only for Foreign policy Hawks...

Utter rubbish. Let the other Africans already in the Congo do something.

[wawa]

From a Strategic National interest perspective...Nigeria should not let a crisis go without taking advantage of it. Nigeria should pleadge a few brigades to Angola and Congo to help secure the area....

Why ?? Did you say solowe? Well, first of all in light of the Abdulmutalabb crisis Nigeria can show leadership in Africa in combating rebel forces, also there is a lot of Oil in that basin in the golf of guinea...time to put a nigerian presence there so that we can sign agreements with those governments to explore oil there....

Guys , please dont get sentimental on me with you tipid responces. This is only for Foreign policy Hawks...

What a misguided statement. Our main foreign policy concern should lie with fixing the ills in the Niger Delta and nonsensical religious killings in the North. Why would we want to explore oil in Angola, when we don't have a single refinery or own any exploration facilities (all owned by oyibo) in our own country?

Dis your suggestions is so out of place and quite near stupid.

Please ask am two more times. We have lots of stuff to fix on our own. The days of pretending to be Africa's giant are gone. Hopefully we just need a few people with some brains to run the country and we will do well. Time to fix our ills not flex our pecks.

[Abbey]

... more report.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/index?cc=5901

[Dammy]

this is a massive shame, stupid African Nations like Angola hosting a tourney .. African teams should pull and the NFF must get out of that tourney ASAP.. rubbish .. shooting hamless footballers .. God will deal with those killers

Do you know how many people from Cabinda have suffered at the hands of the bloody Dos santos regime? or do you think seperatists movements just emerge for no reason? A beg sha

Do they have to kill innocent Togolese players and officials to make a point? They deserve to be fished out and dealt with!!!!

[odi]

What a crying shame. We really are the DARK continent.

Terribly sad.

[Naija4lyfe]

wtf Africa oooooohhh. stupid trigger happy fools

[anointed]

Was Adebayor in that bus? Ive not heard anything from him....

Yes but said to be unhurt.

[KB]

I don't think ANC should be canceled but I will understand if Togo no longer wants to participate. On the other hand, if they do, the rebels would've won. We cannot allow them to dictate what we do.

As for W Africa pulling out too, I don't think it will happen. I also think Togo will participate anyway. Political strings will be pulled at the highest level to ensure your boys play

This is why the useless FTF officials have not reacted yet!!!
Whether the rebels win or not is none our business. Our players should leave and let Hayatou and his FTF acolytes play for Togo. I am done with this yeye tournament!

[wawa]

This is really a terrible blow for the whole continent.
The one thing that unites foes and friends in Africa has become a useless political tool.

[Naija4lyfe]

this is a massive shame, stupid African Nations like Angola hosting a tourney .. African teams should pull and the NFF must get out of that tourney ASAP.. rubbish .. shooting hamless footballers .. God will deal with those killers

Do you know how many people from Cabinda have suffered at the hands of the bloody Dos santos regime? or do you think seperatists movements just emerge for no reason? A beg sha

what are you smoking? i dont care about what they are fighting for but attacking innocent people is just stupid and retarded

[cic old boy]

The tournament doesn't need this ish.

Adebayor unharmed after attack - City

Last Updated: Friday, 08 January 2010, 13:56 GMT
- Search: Togo Adebayor Man City

A bus carrying the Togo national team has come under attack from gunfire in Angola

Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor escaped unharmed after a bus carrying the Togo national team came under attack from gunfire in Angola.

The Sparrow Hawks are in the country ahead of the African Nations Cup, which gets under way on Sunday. According to reports, at least three Togo players and the bus driver suffered injuries during the attack.

A statement posted on City's official website, www.mcfc.co.uk, on Friday evening read: "Manchester City can confirm that striker Emmanuel Adebayor is uninjured after this afternoon's attack on the Togo team bus in Angola."

It continued: "Club officials have spoken with Adebayor and though shaken by the terrible events, he is unharmed."

Aston Villa confirmed that their 26-year-old midfielder Moustapha Salifou was "shaken but okay" following the attack.

Togo are scheduled to begin their cup campaign against Ghana on Monday, but their participation in the tournament now looks in serious doubt. Togo and Nantes striker Thomas Dossevi told French radio station RMC: "I'm okay but several players are in a bad state.

"We are still at hospital. We were machine-gunned like dogs and had to remain hidden under our seats for around 20 minutes to avoid the bullets."

Midfielder Alaixys Romao admits the players feared the worst and thinks Togo are now likely to pull out of the tournament.

"We're not thinking yet of what could happen," said Romao, who plays his club football for Grenoble. But it's true that no-one wants to play. We're not capable of it. We're thinking first of all about the health of our injured because there was a lot of blood on the ground.

"For the moment there is not much news because they have been taken to different hospitals. In cases like these we're thinking of those near us, of those we love because that really could have been the end of us."
http://sport.aol.co.uk/adebayor-unharme ... 4436006791

[Naija4lyfe]

can yall make this a sticky, this could have been our team

[Orion]

OMG this is terrible!

Wishing the injured Togolese players a speedy recovery.

No player should be forced to play but I hope Togo does not pull out from the competition as it would means the rebels won. Togo should be given complete flexibility to change the team if they choose to as some of the players may be too traumatised to play in this competition.

[100%Naija]

WTF????????

[spastic]

This might sound harsh, but if I were president of a powerful African nation I will carpet bomb the whole area of Kabinda.

[Cally]

May God grant the injured people speedy recovery...I'm speechless...

[seyiblack]

But we still feel very comfortable yabbing our soccer players. Calling them useless and so forth from the comfort of our air conditioned sitting rooms.

[100%Naija]

But we still feel very comfortable yabbing our soccer players. Calling them useless and so forth from the comfort of our air conditioned sitting rooms.

What is wrong with you? This is not the appropriate thread to discuss the usual rubbish Seyi. Please save it for another thread out of respect for the Togolese team. Thanks

[The Goddess]

It may be best for Togo to pull out.

Our players are determined to pull out anyway.
Can we count on West African solidarity? I would like all West African teams to pull out to force Hayatou's hand.

To force Hayatou's hand to do what?

To cancel the whole thing, acknowledge his responsibilities and resign!!!
They should have seen this coming. Cabinda is a war zone and unsuitable to host ANC games. Hayatou, CAF and Angola should be dragged to a court room. I don't want their condolences. They must be held accountable.

lol Hayatou can only do that much!

[wale1974]

Was Adebayor in that bus? Ive not heard anything from him....

Yes he was but he is ok, Confirm by man city officials

[REDSPYDA]

I heard this didnt take place in Angola but in Congo any confirmation on that