Hundreds of mourners who gathered yesterday for the funerals of two officials killed during the terrorist attack on the Togo team on their way to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola were led by Emmanuel Adebayor.

The £25 million Manchester City striker and Togo team captain, Emmanuel Adebayor, spoke of being plunged into “deep despair”. Mourners wept when the coffins of the two men that were killed in the attack Abalo Amelete, 47, the assistant coach, and Stanislas Ocloo, 35, a press officer, arrived.

The two men will be buried next week in their villages.

Adebayor was known to be close to Ocloo and has said that he died in his arms in the attack.

“Without fear for your lives, you have always been combatants,” Adebayor said in tribute. “Each one of you has scored a positive winning goal together for the Sparrowhawks (the nickname of the Togo team).”

Adebayor has been particularly distraught Manchester City have told him to take all the time he needs to recover. Roberto Mancini, the City manager, has not spoken to his £25 million striker recently because he has stayed in Togo surrounded by family and his team-mates. The club do not expect him back for at least another ten days.

Mancini will not push for Adebayor’s return and wants his player to recover fully from the trauma. “When he is ready, he will come,” Mancini said. “I haven’t spoken with him. I have tried but this moment is a difficult one for him.”

The attack is surrounded in mystery a week after the shootings. Angolan officials have denied initial reports that the Angolan bus driver was also killed during the attack.

Three more people, including a university professor, have been arrested in Cabinda to add to two men who were captured earlier in the week and questioned by police.