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The Mediterranean Knights Football Federation is unhappy with Nigeria's determination to wantonness the second-leg clash successful Libya. They judge the Super Eagles should person co-operated careless of what happened.
The Libyan Football Federation has voiced retired its displeasure with its Nigerian counterparts aft the Super Eagles decided to wantonness their 2025 AFCON qualifier owed to the inhumane conditions they were treated to.
The organisation accused the Super Eagles of treating them the aforesaid mode erstwhile they were successful Uyo to look coach Austine Eguavoen's broadside successful the 1-0 defeat, stressing that Libya went up with the crippled contempt the hurdles it faced successful Nigeria.
Recall that the Super Eagles of Nigeria had traveled to Libya connected Sunday and were connected people to onshore astatine the Benghazi airport.
However, the ValueJet level Nigeria boarded was diverted by the Libyan authorities to the tiny Abraq airdrome conscionable arsenic the aviator was approaching his archetypal destination - the Benghazi airport.
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The Super Eagles entourage was denied entree to accommodation, transportation, and communication. The big federation provided nary mentation arsenic to wherefore the Nigerian squad were being locked retired successful what looked similar a hostage situation.
Captain Williams Troost-Ekong threatened that Nigeria would not spell up with the game aft helium and the remainder of the squad were stranded for implicit 20 hours without food, and immoderate players were seen sleeping connected makeshift beds astatine the airport.
CAF intervenes to transportation Nigeria
On Monday, October 14th, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) contacted the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to study the ill-treatment by the Libyan Federation.
CAF, successful its response, released a statement stating that it was conducting an interior probe into the matter.
“The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) has been successful interaction with the Libyan and Nigerian authorities aft it had been informed that the Nigerian National Football Team (‘’Super Eagles’’) and their method squad were stranded successful disturbing conditions for respective hours astatine an airdrome that they were allegedly instructed to onshore by the Libyan authorities.
“The substance has been referred to the CAF Disciplinary Board for investigation, and due enactment volition beryllium taken against those who violated the CAF Statutes and Regulations,” the CAF connection read.
Moreover, the African Football Governing Body besides tried to transportation Nigeria’s Sports Minister to let the Super Eagles to spell connected with the crippled docket for Tuesday, October 15th, but Senator John Owan Enoh would not bulge, alternatively prioritised the team’s safety, and threw his value down the determination to wantonness the Libya-Nigeria game.
LIbya FA acceptable to writer Nigeria Football Federation
The Libyan Football Federation has accused the NFF of a deficiency of practice successful preventing the ‘hostage’ concern that the Super Eagles were exposed to.
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The shot assemblage besides attached footage of what it presumption ‘inhumane’ attraction it received successful Nigeria that could person prevented Libya from playing the first-leg lucifer past week, but it went up conscionable to cooperate with the Confederation of African Football.
Furthermore, the Libyan Football Federation, portion apologising to Libyan shot fans everywhere, stated that it would instrumentality each ineligible measures to sphere the interests of the Libyan nationalist shot team.
What next?
It remains to beryllium seen however CAF volition resoluteness this issue. Will Libya beryllium docked points for however it treated Nigeria, oregon volition the Super Eagles beryllium sanctioned for failing to spell om with the crippled careless of what happened?
Team Nigeria is backmost successful the country, arsenic they landed successful Kano past night, with section fans excited to spot their stars instrumentality safely.
Nigeria presently pb the radical with 7 points from 3 matches portion Libya is bottommost with conscionable 1 point.
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