Port Harcourt to host Sierra Lone Vs Cote d’Ivoire games following Ebola outbreak

The Adokiye Amiesiamaka Stadium, Port Harcourt will be hosting the 2017 African Cup of Nations between Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday, August 5.

West African countries, Sierra Leone and Guinea were barred from hosting matches since the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus last year.

The Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday, August 19 announced that they will be helping Sierra Leone to host their game in either the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos or the Adokiye Amiesieamaka Stadium, Port Harcourt.

According to the NFF, the Lagos State Government had agreed to host the game at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, before Sierra Leone Football Association and the Football Ivorienne de Football (FIF) expressed concerns about playing on artificial turf.

“The NFF had concluded arrangements to have the match in Lagos, but as a result of the letter, we had to look elsewhere," the NFF General Secretary Dr. Mohammed Sanusi said in a statement.

NFF President Amaju Pinnick quickly contacted the Rivers State through the the Rivers State Football Association, whose chairman, Barrister Chris Green, is also a member of the NFF Executive Committee to secure the Adokiye Amiesiamaka Stadium.