guano_guapo

guano_guapo t1_jaopai2 wrote

Came here for a synopsis of the article, but since everyone here before me wanted to be assholes, here’s my best go:

The Ghanaian national wheelchair tennis team was confronted by a group of gunmen while traveling at night by bus from Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to the team’s lodgings in Lagos. The team was unable to afford a hotel in Abuja and was forced to hire a local Nigerian driver as they were not provided enough funding to cover travel expenses. Thankfully, it was this quick thinking driver who saved the team from a possible worse outcome by driving them away from the danger.

Three players were injured in the ordeal, none of them with life-threatening injuries. The team is upset with their own government, who has failed to even provide them with counseling after such a traumatic experience.

"They would never treat our national football team -- the Black Stars -- like this," said assistant head coach Phillip Plange.

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