(CNN) -- The Togo national football team bus has been attacked by gunmen en route to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

The side were crossing the border in the Angolan territory of Cabinda from the Republic of Congo, to take part in the 2010 tournament which starts on Sunday.

Togo striker Thomas Dossevi, who plays for French league side Nantes, was on board the vehicle and told CNN "armed rebels" holding AK-47 machine guns had opened fire.

"We were attacked by armed rebels who used Kalashnikov's. We had just passed the border and a couple of minutes later we were attacked from both sides.

"We hid below the seats -- we had police protection in front and behind but we were attacked from both sides. As soon as I heard the bullets I went to the floor, the attack lasted for 10-15 minutes.

"Everyone is at the hospital, the whole team, as everybody wants to be with the injured players. We're waiting to get police protection so we can go to the hotel and sleep," Dossevi said.

Dossevi, 30, confirmed the bus driver had been killed in the attack and left three of the party injured.
We were attacked by armed rebels who were armed with AK-47's and Kalashnikovs
--Togo striker Thomas Dossevi

It is understood that captain Emmanuel Adebayor, who moved to Manchester City from Arsenal for $40m last July, escaped unhurt.

A statement on the official Web site of the English Premier League club read: "Manchester City can confirm that striker Emmanuel Adebayor is uninjured after this afternoon's attack on the Togo team bus in Angola.

"Club officials have spoken with Adebayor and though shaken by the terrible events, he is unharmed."

Dossevi told AFP that two players, goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale and defender Serge Akakpo had been wounded.

"One of them (Akakpo) took a bullet in the back and the other (Obilale) was hit in the kidneys," Dossevi told AFP.

Romanian side FC Vaslui stated on their official Web site that defender Akakpo, was shot and badly injured in the attack.
Video: Togo team attacked

The club said, though, the 22-year-old was out of danger after being treated by doctors. A statement on the club's web site read: "[The 22-year-old was] badly injured in an ambush in Angola, Serge Akakpo is now out of danger.

"Akakpo was struck by two bullets in the attack and has lost much blood. His condition was stabilized by doctors.

"FC Vaslui have been in touch with relatives of the player, who confirmed he has undergone surgery, which went very well."

Midfielder Moustapha Salifou, who plays in the English Premier League for Aston Villa, has also emerged without injury according to his team's official site.

Salifou spoke to his brother Eddie back home in Togo in order to reassure the family of his safety a statement read.

Togo are scheduled to begin their cup campaign against Ghana on Monday, though Dossevi told CNN he was not sure whether the game would go ahead.

"We don't know about the game, we haven't thought about it as our thoughts are just with the teammates that are hurt and the bus driver that was shot dead.

"I believe it would be more intelligent to change the matches to other cities because it is dangerous here and there is not enough security."

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/01/08/football.togo.nations.shooting/index.html

Wahala dey!

what is this world turning to for goodness sake? Football that should unite all Africa together is now a target, fire burn all terrorist born and unborn, you guys will never have rest. AMen

Could you not bother to check whether someone else had already opened another thread on this?

And your likes would be complaining about your incompetent leaders!

Sagamite:

Could you not bother to check whether someone else had already opened another thread on this?

And your likes would be complaining about your incompetent leaders!

How about shut up! Do you know it is also possible for concurrent postings due to efficiency of the posters? And your likes will be complaining of inefficiency if administration failed to act swiftly! In a forum like this, it is almost inevitable to have concurrent postings in the event of a breaking news; your point may be valid after a significant time has elapsed following the breaking news.

Princek12:

How about shut up! Do you know it is also possible for concurrent postings due to efficiency of the posters? And your likes will be complaining of inefficiency if administration failed to act swiftly! In a forum like this, it is almost inevitable to have concurrent postings in the event of a breaking news; your point may be valid after a significant time has elapsed following the breaking news.

No, mate. It is not due to concurrency as the first post of the news was at 6.24pm (about 4 hours before yours).

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-378313.0.html

Even a second existed by 7.05pm (about 3 hours before yours)

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-378342.0.html

And a third existed by 7.10pm (about 3 hours before yours)

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-378347.0.html

Surely those are significant length of times? So it must be due to incompetence and silliness of thought.

Continue here pls

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-378377.0.html