08 January 2010, this date will forever be engraved in black ink in the agendas of Togolese football. A whole team, yes the Football Team of Togo, the Spurs who were on their way to defend the country’s colours at the African Cup of Nations were attacked in the enclave of Cabinda in Angola.
This attack dealt a fatal blow to football’s Togo. It cost the lives of two members of the national delegation. They are assistant coach Amélété Abalo and journalist Stan OCLOO.
Ten years after this attack, all football and families continue to suffer martyrdom. On the occasion of this unfortunate anniversary, the AMELETE and OCLOO families have established a mass programme. The program begins on January 1, 2020. The program was revealed in a press release, the full details of which are revealed.
Commemoration of the sad 10th anniversary of the Cabinda tragedy at the CAN – ANGOLA 2010
Invitation
THANKS ACTION MESSES
You, people around the world, who were moved, shaken and shocked at the news of this criminal and heinous act, of an unheard of barbarity that continues to haunt the collective memory, namely the shooting in Cabinda of the football team bus “The T-Spurs ogo” en route to CAN-ANGOLA-2010,
Alliance Togo Informatique
You in whom “The memory of Cabinda is still alive in the memories, not only of those who lived it, but also of all the citizens of the 5 continents, sports or not, who lived it from afar … ».
We, grieving families AMELETE and OCLOO, on the occasion of the sad 10th anniversary of this heinous attack, would like to invite you to unite with intent or to come and pray with us, especially on Wednesday, January 08, 2020 from 6:30 p.m. in the Eg St FATIMA Catholic Reading from Avédji to Lomé.
Mass Intentions:
For the rest of the souls of our forgotten martyrs from the drama of Cabinda AMELETE Abalo and Stan OCLOO,
So that the stone hearts, of those who have in hand and deal with this dramatic matter, are softened so that finally, this file, which has been in the wings for 10 years, will undergo some evolution in terms of legal and reparations.
Mass Program (in St FATIMA Church in AVEDJI – Lomé)
Day 1: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 – 5:30 a.m.
Day 2: Thursday, January 2, 2020 – 5:30 a.m.
Day 3: Friday, January 3, 2020 – 5:30 a.m.
Day 4 – Saturday, January 4, 2020 – 5:30 a.m.
Day 5: Sunday, January 5, 2020 – 6:00 a.m.
Day 6 – Monday, January 6, 2020 – 5:30 a.m.
Day 7: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 – 5:30 a.m.
Day 9: Thursday, January 9, 2020 – 5:30 a.m.
Day 8: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 (solemn Mass) – 6:30 p.m.
