Cameroon Athletes,Boxing Team,Swimmer and A Footballer Go Missing -2012 London Olympic Games

Mr Ojong said in a message sent to the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education in Yaounde.“What began as rumour has finally turned out to be true. Seven Cameroonian athletes who participated at the 2012 London Olympic Games have disappeared from the Olympic Village,”

 

Seven athletes from Cameroon have gone missing from the athletes' village, officials have said.

 The five boxers, swimmer and a footballer have all disappeared from the athletes' village at the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, David Ojong, the head of mission for Team Cameroon, told reporters.

 

The missing athletes include all five of the team's boxers - Thomas Essomba, who competed in the 49kg category, Christian Donfack Adjoufack in..
the 80kg, Abdon Mewoli in the 60kg, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo in the plus 91kg and Serge Abomo in the 64kg - who disappeared over the weekend.

The others were Drusille Ngako, 25, a stand-by goalkeeper for Cameroon's women's team, and swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue, 21.

 

 None are believed to have yet applied for asylum in the UK.

 They would not be currently breaking the law as their visas would allow them to remain in the UK for the Olympics period.

 Olympic competitors are allowed to remain in Britain until early November under the accrediation rules used instead of normal visa procedures.