By Akinwale Kasali
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has announced the withdrawal of the Super Eagles from the 2025 AFCON qualifier against the Mediterranean Knights of Libya due to the very cruel inexplicable treatment given to the Nigerian Senior Team.
Libyan FA put the team through a 12-hour ordeal at the Al Abraq Airport in Libya.
The team’s flight was unexpectedly diverted mid-flight to the smaller airport, leaving players and officials stranded without support from the Libyan Football Federation.
Adding to the frustration, the Libyan Football Federation failed to meet the Nigerian team upon their arrival, offering neither a reception committee nor transportation to their Benghazi hotel, located three hours away.
With no transport to their hotel in Benghazi, and after hours of waiting, the fatigued players decided not to play.
“The Nigerian delegation for Tuesday’s 2025 AFCON qualifier against Libya is still at Al Abraq Airport, 12 hours after landing. The chartered ValueJet aircraft was, strangely and in a dangerous manner, diverted to the small airport just as the pilot was completing his approach to Benghazi Airport,” the NFF said in a statement.
The NFF is now arranging their return to Nigeria.
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