Athletes from more than 50 countries are competing at the 21st African Senior Athletics Championship which kick off on Wednesday, August 11.

Nigeria for only the second time are hosting the Championships since its inception in 1979. The 2018 Asaba, the Delta State capital is hosting the stadium at the newly renovated and renamed Stephen Keshi Stadium.

Ahead of the opening day on Wednesday, international athletes started arriving in Asaba on Tuesday, July 31.

Hundreds of the athletes from about 20 countries have however, been left stranded due to lack of local connecting flights to Asaba.

Arrangements were made for connecting flights to Benin from where they will take a short trip to Asaba.

More than 300 athletes from Uganda, Kenya, Morocco etc, slept at the Lagos Airport on Tuesday and Wednesday nights after failing to get connecting flights.