The Confederation of African Football called an emergency video conference meeting on Monday afternoon with representatives of the Gabonese and Gambian federations, to rule on the incident that occurred on Sunday at the Banjul airport in The Gambia.

Gabon’s national team, which arrived for their return leg of the CAN Total Cameroon 2021 qualifiers, was held up for several hours before being allowed to enter the Gambian territory.

During the call, the Secretary General of CAF clearly deplored this unfortunate situation before informing the two parties of his decision to seize the disciplinary commission in order to examine the causes of this incident, so as to establish the responsibilities and apply the consequent sanctions.

The Secretary General of CAF welcomed the state of mind of the two parties, who held exchanges which were respectful and courteous.

Meanwhile, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang slammed the Confederation of Africa (CAF) after being made to feel like a “hostage”, with the Arsenal captain and his Gabon team-mates having been forced to sleep in an airport ahead of an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Gambia.

Upon their arrival, the Panthers were delayed at the airport with reports indicating their passports were seized despite providing their coronavirus results to the immigration officers.

Arsenal striker Aubameyang detailed the frustrating wait on his Instagram story in the early hours of Monday, posting videos and photographs initially of his team-mates lounging around having had their passports taken from them by security.

“This will not demotivate us but people need to know and especially that Caf takes these responsibilities. In 2020, we want Africa to grow and this is not how we’re going to get there!!,” Aubameyang tweeted.

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