By Olad Hassan
Most of the Eritrean national football squad has disappeared in Nairobi- Kenya, according to Nicholas Musonye- Secretary of the Counsil of East and Central Africa Football Assocoations (CECAFA) on Monday.
The Eritrean players were among twelve Cecafa teams arrived in Nairobi to participate the 33rd addition of Cecafa tournament, and they were expected to go back home on Saturday night after they were eliminated from the tournament in the quarter-final stage by Rwanda.
“No single player was in the hotel in the last minutes of their departure, very view of them including the Coach could be seen on board their bus to the airport.”, said one of the workers of Gulf Palace Hotel- where they where resided after they knocked out from the competition.
Sources indicate, the head coach Negash Teklit and an army colonel who accompanied the national team are the only people who returned back to Eritrea. According to different sources 12 players are reported to be hiding in Nairobi with the target of seeking asylum in Kenya.
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