- Eto'o Hits Lagos in Private Jet

Reigning African Footballer of the
Year, Samuel Eto'o Fils will be storming
Lagos in a private jet. Also on board
the jet flying directly from Yaoundé,
the capital of Cameroon is his
international team mate, Jean Makoun. Both Indomitable Lions stars are
coming to the commercial capital of
Nigeria at the behest of their friend,
Nwankwo Kanu, who is formally
hanging up his international boots this
Saturday. The Inter Milan star, who broke this news to the organisers of the Kanu
Testimonial match, hinted that the
same private jet will be taking both
Cameroon internationals to Nice in
southern France, where Cote d'Ivoire
skipper, Didier Drogba will be holding his wedding 24 hours after the game
in Lagos. And so the Indomitable Lions skipper,
just like Ghana's Michael Essien, has
decided to shelve hitting France early
to take part in Drogba's pre-wedding
festivities, in order to honour the two
time African footballer of the year. Earlier, Essein had explained that but
for the high esteem he holds Kanu he
would have been in France on
Saturday. Instead the Chelsea star will
be arriving Lagos on Saturday
morning courtesy of Arik Airways and will be leaving immediately after
the game for France. Incidentally it is the wedding that has
prevented Drogba himself from flying
in for the testimonial. Etoe, Makoun
and Essien are only some of the array
of African football legends fans will be
able to see live on Saturday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium. Some others
also coming include Senegalese
footballer, El Hadji Diouf, Ghanaian
stars Asamoah Gyan and Sulley
Muntari and Emmanuel Adebayor,
skipper of the Togo respectively. Apart from the footballers, some big
name personalities will also be in town
this weekend. Top on the list are
Bonfrere Jo, the man Nigerians will
always remember for guiding the
nation to Atlanta'96 glory, and Sir Dave Richards, chairman of the FA
Premier League. Meanwhile, the accreditation for the
match will take place at the Teslim
Balogun Stadium, Lagos from 1pm on
Thursday. The Kanu Testimonial Organising
Committee is appealing to the media to
remember that the media tribune at
the stadium is not the large so the
passes for the match will be severely
restricted.