Eguavoen recounts ‘traumatic experience’ at Libya airport

Super Eagles caretaker coach, Augustine Eguavoen says his squad went done a “horrible ordeal” successful Libya.

The Nigerian contingent were held hostage astatine an abandoned airport, much than 2 hours thrust from the venue of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying lucifer against the Mediterranean Knights.

The squad was denied entree to h2o and food.

The Super Eagles aboriginal pulled retired of the crippled and returned to Nigeria connected Monday evening.

“Thanks to the Libyans for letting america go, but it was a horrible 18-20 hours of acquisition and we don’t privation to spell done that again,” said Eguavoen connected accomplishment successful Nigeria Monday.

“We were held hostage, we could not person played this lucifer nether these circumstances.

“We cognize however shot tin unite the full world, but successful this regard, for them to enactment similar this, I cannot comprehend seriously.”