Felix Anyasi-Agwu, the chairman of Enyimba Football Club says the club were still awaiting the decision of the Confederation of African Football over their appeal to have their rescheduled first leg CAF Confederation Cup match against Al Ittihad replayed at a different venue.
Recall that the first leg of the encounter billed to hold on November 28 in Tunisia was cancelled because the club were barred from entering the North African country due to strict COVID-19 restrictions.
The match was, however, postponed, while CAF consulted its Interclub Committee Commission, who concluded to have the match played between December 17 and 19 in Benghazi, Libya.
The Interclub Committee also rejected Ittihad’s appeal to have the match ruled in their favour as a walkover.
Enyimba had on December 8 protested the decision to CAF in writing.
Anyasi-Agwu, while speaking with Punch confirmed that they had written to CAF and were awaiting the decision of the continental body.
“I’m not really in the position to answer now, we have appealed to CAF and they have also acknowledged our letter saying we have the right to appeal and our match will not hold until the appeal is heard.”
CAF had given Ittihad till December 10 to communicate with it and Enyimba the ideal date, venue, and logistics for the rescheduled match, but Anyasi-Agwu said they were not thinking about the game until the appeal had been heard.
“No one is talking about any match at the moment. We have appealed and we’re waiting for the decision,” he added.
