Disappearance of Cameroon athletes: Australia Police monitor Team Nigeria

SportingLife.ng can report that the Australia’s Border Force have mounted a close watch on Nigeria
representatives at the ongoing Commonwealth Games.

Over 90 athletes are representing the country at the multi-sports fiesta which ends on Sunday.

This comes on the heels of the sudden disappearance of eight athletes from the Team Cameroon camp.

The remaining Cameroon athletes have since been flown back to their country from the Gold Coast.

Victor Agbor Nso, Head of Cameroon’s Commonwealth Games Team, said that despite athletes being closely monitored, three Cameroonian competitors were able to sneak away from the Games village on Sunday night. Two more disappeared on Monday, followed by another three the following day.

He said, “The remaining Cameroon athletes returned home on Wednesday to avert further scandal.

“ The Cameroon Commonwealth Team is sad to announce that eight of the 24 athletes that attended the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, are missing from their respective rooms in the Games village.

Weightlifter Olivier Matam Matam and boxers Christian Ndzie Tsoye and Simplice Fotsala were among the first to go missing on Sunday.

Matam Matam and Fotsala had competed in the Games on Thursday and Friday respectively.

However, Tsoye failed to show up for his men’s 91kg fight with New Zealand’s David Nyika on Tuesday.

Two more weightlifters, Arcangeline Fouodji Sonkbou and Petit Minkoumba, disappeared on Monday. Boxers Fokou Arsene, Yombo Ulrich and Ndiang Christelle followed them out of the village on Tuesday.