Latest reports indicate that Nigerian midfielder, Shehu Abdullahi, was tested for Ebola virus disease in Kuwait after his club returned from a training tour of Dubai. It would be recalled that there have been outbreak of the Ebola virus in West African countries like Guinea, Sierre Leone, Liberia and Nigeria since February this year. Speaking with AfricanFootball.com, a close associate of Shehu informed that the former Kano Pillars star was specially singled out for an Ebola test at the Kuwaiti airport on arrival with his club from Dubai. “He was tested because he carries a Nigerian passport. But there was no cause for alarm as he tested negative,” the official said. The former Nigeria U-20 star only moved to Kuwait recently. Shehu is one of the home-based Super Eagles’ bronze winning stars at this year’s Championship of African Nations (CHAN) held in South Africa. This development comes hot on the heel of earlier reports that Rwanda Football Federation have written to Confederation of African Football (CAF) over worries about the threat of Ebola in Nigeria, ahead of their national team’s game against the Super Eagles next month. |
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