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Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama may get his wish of having the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations postponed as hosts, Morocco’s ministry of Sports has asked the confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone the 2015 AFCON by one year, by moving it from 2015 to 2016 due to the fear of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.
CAF had on November 3, announced that a ‘unanimous decision’ had been reached to maintain the January 17 to February 8, 2015 date as originally scheduled and gave hosts Morocco a deadline of Saturday November 8 to respond to the decision, and Morocco’s sports ministry has responded, asking for the tournament to be moved to the year 2016.
Morocco’s sports ministry in a statement, said they are faced with ‘a strictly health linked case of force majeure’, hence their request to have the tournament moved ‘from 2015 to 2016’.
Enyeama had earlier said that “I really wish it doesn’t happen with all the people that will be moving around. But I’m not CAF, I’m not the one who calls the shots,” as quoted by the UK Daily Mail.
The goalkeeper was further quoted as saying “It’s risky for everyone because you go to Africa and then everyone is hugging you and shaking you, and what can you do? You’re at risk.”
It remains to be seen whether CAF will decide to go ahead with the tournament in another country, or whether they will agree to move the tournament by a year.
