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AFCON: Air Peace To Lift Interested Nigerian Fans To Garoua For Super Eagles Versus Egypt Clash

One of Nigeria’s most popular passenger airline, Air Peace have charged Nigerians five hundred thousand naira, (N500, 000, 000.00) only to fly them to Garoua, Cameroon, to watch Super Eagles Vs Egypt match this evening (11 January 2022).

In a release on Monday, Air Peace stated that it has made an arrangement with Cameroon government to fly Nigerian football fans direct from Abuja to Garoua to watch the Group D match between Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Pharaohs of Egypt in a return ticket flight.

The release signed by the management noted that “Air Peace will be operating a special flight from Abuja to Garoua in Cameroon on Tuesday, January 11, 2022.

“Flight Departs Abuja by 15:20hours and departs Garoua 20hours,” part of the release said.

It further added that “members of the public who wish to join the flight can make payment immediately with both fares (to and fro) put at N500, 000.00. only.

The management also provided bank account details payments are to be made into as well as mobile phone number for contact.

Air Peace is the official flight of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.

Super Eagles will take on the Egyptians in a heavyweight clash in the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Cameroon.

The match will kick off by 5pm Nigeria time today (11 January).

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.