The two Marumo Gallants FC club officials who were held captive in Libya for almost three weeks are back in the country. Gallants media officer Rufus Matsena and team masseur Tebogo Dhlomo touched down at the OR Tambo International Airport this morning.
Two Marumo Gallants F.C. staff members Rufus Matsena and Tebogo Amos Dhlomo who were detained in Libya following the team's CAF Confederation Cup match against Libya's Al Akhdar on 19th March are finally set to return home.
Marumo Gallants have abandoned their mission to sign an international player as they battle through their relegation crisis and financial issues with a Libyan hotel owner.
The Libyan hotel owner’s claim of an unpaid bill as justification to hold two Marumo Gallants officials hostage at his facility for nearly two weeks is legally flawed and ethically bankrupt.
The South African government is set to meet Libyan ambassador to SA this week as part of escalating diplomatic pressure to get two Marumo Gallants club officials held hostage for two weeks released.