{"id":89006,"date":"2015-02-05T22:59:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T22:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=89006"},"modified":"2015-02-06T08:12:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T08:12:59","slug":"twitter-erupts-anger-equatorial-guinea-missile-pelting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=89006","title":{"rendered":"Twitter erupts with anger over Equatorial Guinea missile pelting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The semi-final clash between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations was suspended for sometime due crowd disturbances.<\/p>\n<p>Soccer lovers took to Twitter to express their frustrations at the ugly scenes that took place at the Stadium in Malabo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>This is how Ghana is getting off the pitch.Embarrasing and sad scenes from what has been a great AFCON <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/uRPGyXDDpB\">pic.twitter.com\/uRPGyXDDpB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Godfred Akoto Boafo (@eastsportsman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eastsportsman\/status\/563425027358736385\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nDisgraceful behaviour by Equatorial Guinea supporters. Waiting to hear CAF has to say about this. Honestly \u2014 akwasi sarpong (@akwasisarpong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akwasisarpong\/status\/563438143312232449\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>This will be all the over the news, tarnish what&#8217;s been a good tournament. Then we will complain we are wrongly portrayed by western media<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Oti Adjei (@OtiAdjei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OtiAdjei\/status\/563442336198582274\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nThis blatant indiscipline by fans in Equatorial Guinea unacceptable! It&#8217;s backward, embarrassing &amp; a case of chronic lack of civilisation! \u2014 Richard Sky (@RichardDelaSky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardDelaSky\/status\/563439099890376704\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>What a waste of Equatorial Guinea&#8217;s investment in football facilities to host international football events!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 akwasi sarpong (@akwasisarpong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akwasisarpong\/status\/563446159206014976\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nGHANA FANS BEING BEATEN ON THE WEST WING! They&#8217;ve had to leave the stands while being pelted. \u2014 Gary Al-Smith (@garyalsmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyalsmith\/status\/563437439466102784\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EQGuinea?src=hash\">#EQGuinea<\/a> saved the Africa Cup of Nations? Nonsense. They shouldn&#8217;t have bothered. What a disgrace. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCON2015?src=hash\">#AFCON2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Farayi Mungazi (@BBCFarayi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCFarayi\/status\/563442046439276544\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>This reminds me of when there was a blackout in Kumasi a couple of years ago. I&#8217;m half expecting Koku Anyidoho to say &#8216;heads will roll&#8217;!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fui T. (@blackstarsfan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blackstarsfan\/status\/563440921799569409\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nThis is what I picked up off the pitch (mirror, broken plate, stone &#8211; one of 100s). Truly shameful. Why? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCON2015?src=hash\">#AFCON2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/UUTSDNj0Tz\">pic.twitter.com\/UUTSDNj0Tz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Piers Edwards (@piers_e) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piers_e\/status\/563469986044186624\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Man&#8230; I hate to admit it, but sometimes it&#8217;s difficult to defend &#8220;Africans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #BelieveGhana (@_kwakutii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_kwakutii\/status\/563443822378496000\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nSad part is I&#8217;m watching the game on an european channel. Rest of Europe must be thinking &#8220;see these animals&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #BelieveGhana (@_kwakutii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_kwakutii\/status\/563443001020526592\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Huge respect to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ghana?src=hash\">#Ghana<\/a> players &amp; fans. Kept their cool in horrendous conditions. Another reason they deserve to be in the final. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCON2015?src=hash\">#AFCON2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Bennett (@JohnBennettBBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBennettBBC\/status\/563446127882960899\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nEq Guinea fans&#8217; bottles stop <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ghana?src=hash\">#Ghana<\/a> leaving the pitch. Riot police shield escort off. If u dish it out EG, u have to take it too. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCON2015?src=hash\">#AFCON2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Piers Edwards (@piers_e) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piers_e\/status\/563424818985324544\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Can&#8217;t believe it. What a disgrace. CAF<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yvonnenelsongh\/status\/563441314495488000\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EQG?src=hash\">#EQG<\/a> fans who had no hope for their team&#8217;s progression in Afcon 2015 have resorted to thuggery because of a semi final loss. Smh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 samuel fifi bartels (@sammybartels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sammybartels\/status\/563439037281996800\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>But Equatorial Guinea fans are really an apology. This kinda conduct has no place in civilization. Utterly disgraceful. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afcon2015?src=hash\">#Afcon2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernard Avle (@benkoku) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benkoku\/status\/563438588608917504\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nThis looks like a West Ham v Millwall game in the 1970s!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Benjamin (@JonBenjamin19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonBenjamin19\/status\/563440389991186432\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>This is embarrassing<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kuukuwa Manful (@Kuukuwa_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kuukuwa_\/status\/563438911180251136\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nThis is disgraceful. Does that mean that a match cannot be lost? This has damaged Equatorial Guinea&#8217;s reputation irreparably. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCON2015?src=hash\">#AFCON2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 christopher opoku (@chrisrobin74) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisrobin74\/status\/563438550482309120\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Unruly Equatorial Guinea fans risk losing any honor their country might gain from this tournament. Sad. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAN2015?src=hash\">#CAN2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jemila Abdulai (@jabdulai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jabdulai\/status\/563438568258150400\">February 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nThis is what happens when villagers come out to watch soccer, they dunno how to behave themselves&#8221;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abeiku Santana (@AbeikuSantana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbeikuSantana\/status\/563441673049358336\">February 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Mawuli Tsikata\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The semi-final clash between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations was suspended for sometime due crowd disturbances. Soccer lovers took to Twitter to express their frustrations at the ugly scenes that took place at the Stadium in Malabo. This is how Ghana is getting off the pitch.Embarrasing and sad scenes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[29,43,3,38],"class_list":["post-89006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-dr-mahamudu-bawumia","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-ghana-news","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}