{"id":285199,"date":"2017-01-16T10:33:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T10:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=285199"},"modified":"2017-01-16T10:33:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T10:33:48","slug":"security-blocks-fans-access-to-black-stars-in-gabon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/security-blocks-fans-access-to-black-stars-in-gabon\/","title":{"rendered":"Security blocks fans access to Black Stars in Gabon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of the Black Stars have so far struggled to get close to the team since their arrival in Gabon on Saturday for the\u00a0Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>The is\u00a0because of the tight security at the hotel the players were lodging.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars arrived in Gabon on Saturday after technical issues with their flight hence delaying their arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an uncertainty in their arrival hundreds of fans met them at the hotel but were unfortunately denied from getting autographs and welcome from the fans who waited for them outside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Go for gold \u2013 President to Black Stars<\/strong><br \/>\nGhana\u2019s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo earlier urged the Black stars to ensure that they <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>win the 2017 African Nations Cup<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The president took to Twitter to wish the team best of luck.<\/p>\n<p>He tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Best wishes to the players, technical &amp; management team of the Black Stars. Time to end our 34 year wait for the AFCON trophy. Go for gold!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Rahman Osman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of the Black Stars have so far struggled to get close to the team since their arrival in Gabon on Saturday for the\u00a0Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The is\u00a0because of the tight security at the hotel the players were lodging. The Black Stars arrived in Gabon on Saturday after technical issues with their flight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142,11],"tags":[3082,455,3011,3],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Security blocks fans access to Black Stars in Gabon - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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