Rivers United says it has started plans to put the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium ready for future games after the Confederation of African Football failed to approve the stadium for their Confederation Cup second round tie against Al Masry of Egypt.
Rivers in a statement on Monday said their home game on November 28 will now be played at the Enyimba Stadium, Aba.
Speaking with our correspondent, Rivers Media Officer, Charles Mayuku, promised the club’s fans that they will return to the Garden City if they qualify for the group stage of the competition.
He said the club have already started work on all that CAF asked them to put in place. This includes the stadium’s floodlights, scoreboard, and playing surface.
“CAF did not approve our stadium for this particular match, there were some areas that they wanted us to upgrade and that couldn’t be done within a short time.
“Areas bothering on floodlights, scoreboard, and reserve bench stand, they also asked for an upgrade on the playing surface.
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“Groundsmen have been working and did not meet the deadline. But it will be ready if we scale through the playoff round, it will be ready before our group stage game because work is seriously ongoing to get the facility running. We bought the scoreboard and the lightning and groundsmen have also started work on the playing surface,†Mayuku told The PUNCH.
Enyimba are Nigeria’s other representatives in the competition, playing against Libya’s Al-Ittihad.
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